Jul 28, 2017 · 1 min read
As a followup to our earlier discussion, here’s a policy paper put out by schools in Minnesota.
If I read it correctly, there are a number of examples of requiring (not requesting) change.
- Any student can use any bathroom (page 10). People who object to a person with different genitalia in their bathroom will need to use a separate single-stall bathroom instead.
- Any student can play on any sports team (i.e., boys can play on the girls teams, with the obvious benefit of superior physical size and strength). Page 8.
- Teachers who do not use the designated pronouns preferred by a student may violate FIRPA (page 7). The penalties for doing so are not identified in the paper.
- School principals are responsible for monitoring and enforcing the use of the pronouns chosen by the students (page 7). Penalties were not identified in the paper.
- A school’s dress codes which are differentiated by sex (e.g., skirts) should not apply (page 9).
- Privacy objections should be responded to by segregating the person who made the objection (page 10). I find this extraordinary. If you object to the new rules, you’re penalised for it.
