Leading barrister warns that the kit – used to support gender-questioning children – is likely to be in breach of equality laws and could violate pupils’ rights
Archived version: https://archive.ph/jT7GK
Leading barrister warns that the kit – used to support gender-questioning children – is likely to be in breach of equality laws and could violate pupils’ rights
Archived version: https://archive.ph/jT7GK
I beg to differ. Screen readers aren’t enabled by default, and disabled people who need to access them often need the assistance of someone who can see the screen in order to enable them. Mainstream platforms such as Android are better about this (turning on the screen reader by holding both volume buttons down for 5 seconds), but even then people are required to know about the shortcut. I don’t think anyone would argue we should remedy this by turning the screen reader on by default, no? You could ask whether to turn on the screen reader during first time device setup, I suppose, but this analogy falls apart somewhat when applied to newborn babies.
You have to call children something before they’re old enough to understand what gender is. Pose the question to them at age five and whatever they tell you is their gender from there on out, but there needs to be something before then. Five years is a long time for someone to not have a name.
Are you describing ableism as an argument against the existence of privileged classes??
No???
Of course privileged classes exist. I just described one and described a way to lessen the impact of its existence, since eliminating it entirely is completely impossible.
So too is the case with infants having names and genders.
You mean like not assigning people to classes we know can be incorrect they then would have to change?
what. is. your. alternative.
I swear you must not be reading my comments. How do you refer to a child for the first five years of their life if giving them a name, even a temporary one, is transphobic?
Not shoving people into boxes we know aren’t accurate based on a 2 second glance at baby genitals.
Why is that even a thing you want to do?
How do you refer to a child for the first five years of their life if giving them a name, even a temporary one, is transphobic?
I notice first off you’re conveniently ignoring how I have been referring to sex designations for the past several posts and instead exclusively focusing on my earlier statement about names.
Makes me doubt your faith, that.
I will broaden and ask why you think any imposition of a gender on a person who has not yet informed you what it is is laudable or appropriate, be that marker on a certificate or a gendered name?
BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE NOT STATED AN ALTERNATIVE!