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New guidelines targeting trans youth in Virginia schools have proven, once again, that it is impossible to craft an anti-trans policy without hurting many more cis people.
In this case, the rule prohibiting nicknames that aren't "closely associated" with a child's legal name will inevitably impact cis children with different cultural or ethnic backgrounds more than white Americans. #trans #news #journalism
@e_urq Ironically, it will also impact a lot of wealthy, old-money Virginia families where the eldest son inherits a family first name, but usually is known by their middle names or nicknames. A quick look at the names of state legislators will demonstrate the size and scope of this tradition.
Youngkin sees Trump and De Santis in trouble and wants to run for President, but he's quickly reaching the limit of his own state party's taste for culture wars.
@UncivilServant I almost mentioned people who go by middle names or a nickname of a middle name, but I wasn't sure- it might be fine according to this if the middle name is listed as part of their full name with the school.
@e_urq @UncivilServant Yeah, I'm sure they'd let the middle name users slide. And the boys known as "Tripp". But having been raised in the south, practically every class of mine had a "Buddy" whose legal name was something like "Otis". And then there were all the football players known universally by the nicknames the coaches gave them...Spanky, Cologne, Chop... Nobody called Chop "Wendell". He had "CHOP" shaved into his fade for a decade.
I swear the cis have brainworms.