Thread by @studentactivism

Among other things, this law would require a high school teacher to notify the parents of any 18-year-old student (or 20-year-old school employee) who used they/them pronouns.

https://twitter.com/lawrencehurley/status/1379804684102291461

(I don’t THINK it applies to college professors, based on the wording of the Bill, but I’m not certain.)

I say I don't think the bill applies to profs because the duty to report is one of "government agents," which is defined in such a way as to exclude professors.

But in another section the bill says any state "entity" with knowledge that anyone under 21 "under its...supervision" is gender nonconforming must notify that person's parents. So that seems like it could apply to colleges.

And again: The NC bill requires BOTH parents of anyone under 21 to be informed, in writing, if certain individuals become aware that the person is gender nonconforming or "demonstrates a desire to be treated in a manner incongruent with the minor's sex."

The bill also prohibits any state employee from "encourag[ing]" anyone under 21 "to withhold information from [their] parent." Even if the "minor" is a legal adult.

And all of this stuff applies whether or not the gender nonconforming person in question has any interest in medical transition or not. It's not just about transition—it's literally about pronouns and self-presentation, too.

And if a teacher overhears a student using they/them pronouns, and the teacher doesn't immediately narc the student out (to, again, both parents, separately, in writing), the teacher can be not only fired, but sued. By the parents. In the student's name.

And the student wouldn't even need to be trans or nonbinary. Lesbian student wears a tuxedo to a school dance? That's gender nonconformity. Any teacher who witnesses it has an obligation to inform the student's parents. In writing.

And if the teacher decides it's not gender nonconformity, guess what? The parents can sue the teacher. For damages, court costs, and "any other appropriate relief."