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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems petty, but without any context about why the teacher refuses to use the new name, we are left to speculate. Even in the most extreme scenario, that the teacher is doing to register disapproval of the trans identified kid, it's not clear that the teacher is doing anything wrong by using the legal name on the roster.

More likely... the teacher just doesn't give a crap about a teenager feeling like the other gender, or being some alternate status of non-gender.  Most likely, the teacher has over 100 students per day, and the school year just started, and he doesn't remember that Larlo wants to be called Casey. He's probably just reading off a roster. And the other nicknames are probably easy to remember because they somehow relate to the actual name. I'm not a huge apologist for teachers. But this seems like a case of your friends picking a fight with someone who is working their ass off and doesn't have time to validate the choices of Little Lord Fontleroy, who is apparently picking apart every interaction and making a capital case. [/quote]

The administration brought it up with him, and he would not budge.[/quote]

School has been in session 1-2 weeks in Texas.  This is so much drama that I strain to believe it. Even if it's true though, you don't know why he "didn't budge" and the idea that the teacher is getting his bearings with the names of over 100 kids is pretty reasonable. It's also a bit reactionary to reach out to the administration and get action taken in the very first week of school.  [/quote]

Quite a pretzel you are twisting into to defend a bigot. Then again your snide comment about Lord Fontleroy suggests you  are defending your own bigotry.

Go a head and be man enough to admit you despise trans people. Have the courage of your convictions and don’t be a wuss afraid to state them. [/quote]

I'm not a man. I'm putting myself in the shoes of the teacher and trying to determine the motivation, taking into account the fact that Texas has only been in session for 1-2 weeks.

Now the OP says that this actually happened last year, which makes the initial post even more suspect.

Maybe Texas's law is bad, I don't know enough about it, but this is probably not a real scenario. [/quote]

+1 I think OP made up this story. Then this supposed student had a breakdown over not being called their desired name leading to a psychiatric inpatient stay? If this is a true story and their mental health was so bad why wouldn’t the school just switch them to a different classroom? [/quote]

You guys suck.  You are twisting yourselves into pretzels to justify nasty comments.  If you don't believe the story, you are welcome to say so, but the rest of your commentary reveals what nasty people you are.

-not OP[/quote]

And you're condemning a teacher who isn't here to defend himself. [/quote]

Do you think it’s okay for teachers to use preferred names for some students but not others based on their own feelings? Do you think that’s being a good teacher?

I’m really confused by how many people are saying they think the story is implausible. This is what some people are trying to make happen. It’s kind of like how people were surprised when roe was overturned and it meant that some women no longer have access to abortion when needed. These are the things some people have been saying they want for a long time. It shouldn’t be surprising. [/quote]

What I'm saying is that the only anecdote that we were given to assess is that when the teacher reads off the class roster for attendance, he used the legal name that the parent submitted. This is not enough information to assemble a lynch mob, not enough to decide he's a transphobe or a bully. A much more plausible explanation is that he's tired or checked out or some other reason than that he enjoys antagonizing a mentally ill student.

And yes, everything about the story is implausible. A summer break has passed, a new school year has started in the southern states, and this being presented as a current issue. When this was pointed out, they explained, on this was last year.  This suggests that the OP isn't aware of school seasons in the south.

And beyond this, put yourself in the shoes of the parent. If your kid were dealing with this, why wouldn't they just update the students school paperwork with the current name? Why are they letting their kid, who becomes suicidal at the mention of their birth name, walk around using that name? They near NO responsibility at all to correct the paperwork or submit a legal name change? None? [/quote]

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