History will not be kind to Florida
Now, Vary has filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which could prompt a legal challenge of the “Don’t Say Gay” law’s expansion.
Does this have any chance of doing anything? I’m very surprised at their boldness to document exactly why they were firing them - do they think they can withstand the legal challenge or are they just stupid? (it’s always hard to guess with homophobes)
Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts prohibits discrimination based on sex in matters of employment. They can dictate what teachers teach, but this should be a slam dunk under federal law.
The argument is going to be that it prohibits discrimination based on sex and not gender
If this does not violate some anti-discrimination laws that you are doing law wrong. I am fairly certain this would not be legal in my country.
Is Mx. pronounced “Mix?”
I’m all for gender-inclusive language and try to use it as much as possible (ie “mail person” instead of “mail man” and using “they” instead of defaulting to “he” when gender is unknown). But God am I tired of replacing everything with an X, haha.
I’d just call them “teacher [last name]” like how college professors tend to go by “professor [last name]” and call it a day.
Latinx is hated by the majority of Hispanic people because it’s unpronounceable in Spanish, so you can drop that one.
(Am Hispanic ftr, despise the term)
Ok but it’s not a Spanish term. Do they also complain about all the other English words that exist?
Not that I support latinx, but that’s a pretty lame excuse to be against it
I’m a nonbinary teacher. My students just call me by my last name with no honorific most of the time
Guess this is why I like college. I just call everybody Professor and not risking strange looks or offending anybody.
The article states that the teacher in question asked if they could go by professor, to which the principal said was in violation of the same law. Which means in Florida you cannot call a teacher professor, as it is gender neutral.
Funnily enough, I think this depends on country. I’m in Australia and I’ve heard lecturers ask the class not to call them Professor since that is a title within the University (I’m guessing something similar to Captain in an Army). I think most couldn’t care less, but I’ve had 1 or 2 ask in the first class not to use that title. So you can’t win.
Yes, it makes nonbinary people sound like rappers and I’m here for it
(Plus every NB person I know has a name like “blue” or “sock”, which makes it especially fun)
Vary refused to go by the title “Ms”, and it was eventually decided that she would be fired – despite Florida’s ongoing teacher shortage crisis.
In an article that is focusing on gender identity, did Pink News mess up Vary’s pronouns or am I missing something?
