Half of U.S. trans teens live in a state that restricts their rights: study

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/half-transgender-teens-restrictive-laws

Transgender and nonbinary youth whose pronouns are respected attempt suicide less: report

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/pronoun-respect-transgender-suicide-attempts

Texas teachers are being forced to deadname transgender students under a new state law

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-teachers-deadname-transgender-students

My Hero Britt Boril in Wyoming Testimony teaches importance of preferred pronouns

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#PreferredPronouns, via user Van Hier Tot Gender on BlueSky.

Hey Data/UIUX folks, how do you handle preferred pronouns on an input form that feeds into a database? Obviously, a drop-down menu is too limited, but free-form text input is too unruly. RegEx validation of some kind, perhaps?

#Data #UIUX #PreferredPronouns #Pronouns #Database #RDBMS #RegEx

#Policy comes after Gov. #KristiNoem (R) instructed the #BoardofRegents to take action against “#liberal #ideologies” (Viewpoint #Censorship) on #college #campuses, including asking the #board to “#remove all #references to #preferredpronouns in #school #materials” and #ban #dragshows on #campuses. Gov. Noem appointed all nine of the #voting #members of the Board of Regents.
Rochester Public Schools move to formalize procedure for helping transgender kids

Around the state, school districts have or are in the process of developing guidelines aimed at helping transgender and gender-nonconforming kids navigate school. One such district is Rochester, where new guidance issued last fall has led to contentious school board meetings.

MPR News

The #rule allows #attorneys & parties to list their “preferred salutations & personal #pronouns” on #court #records, which will create the guide for #judges & #staff handling the case for how to address those individuals.

The rule, which was debated at length in June, would take effect on Jan 1, making #Michigan the first state court to explicitly include requirements related to #PreferredPronouns.

#LGBTQIA+

#Michigan #judges must use parties' #PreferredPronouns or 'respectful' titles

MI judges & #court staff will be required to address #attorneys & #parties by their preferred #pronouns, names or by “other #respectful means” under a #rule the #MichiganSupremeCourt adopted Wednesday.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/27/supreme-court-michigan-judges-must-use-preferred-pronouns-respectful-titles/70983283007/

High court: Michigan judges must use parties' preferred pronouns or 'respectful' title

Michigan judges will be required to address attorneys and parties by their preferred pronouns, names or by “other respectful means” under a new rule

The Detroit News