I don’t disagree. But that isn’t what this case is about! The case is about, ‘can the state punish me if I ask people to call me Mrs?’ The answer to that question is, ‘No’. Learn to read.

As usual, the people bleating about the Constitution are the ones who know the least about it.
The case at hand has nothing to do with being legally recognized; it has to do with the fact that a teacher was punished for asking to be called a preferred name. I don’t get it, but the government isn’t allowed to act against people for speech, and asking someone to call you Mr, or Mrs, or Seniorita or whatever is speech, and it is protected. It really is that simple.

If a private entity wanted to fire someone for it? OK. They aren’t the government. The educator is being punished by the state, and that’s clear as day not allowed. This isn’t hard, which is why the judge was so clear:

““Once again, the state of Florida has a First Amendment problem. Of late, it has happened so frequently, some might say you can set your clock by it”

Nice.

I don’t really care about trans people or whatever, but it does seem that having the law define what you must have people call you, else face penalties levied by the state, would seem to be a pretty clear cut violation of the first amendment.

We know this judge wasn’t appointed by Trump anyways.

It’s wild that in a state with out of control insurance and housing costs, the government has oxygen and dollars to waste on this, but it plays well with mouth breathers, so here we are.