It us now officially illegal to use my trans students' preferred pronouns.

Gender-affirming care ban was just enacted, and as part of this, state employees cannot use preferred pronouns or anything other than a legal name. This bill was originally vetoed by the governor, then overrode by state legislation.

How do we stay sane when we constantly deal with such arbitrary barriers between us and educating these kids? Now I can be held liable if I don't also abandon my own values. I should add that I'm a science teacher, and the research about trans suicide rates also holds a lot of weight with me. I don't ever want one of my students to take their own life because of psychological trauma and not being recognized for who they are. I just want to teach them science.