Is it necessary for parents to have to submit written permission for a child to go by a nickname?

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I was browsing Reddit when I saw a post made by a Florida teacher who said their county is making students get written permission from parents to be called by a nickname. This is crazy to me. I found a news article which gives the gist:

So Madison can’t go by Maddie and Nicholas can’t go by Nick. Is this what conservatives mean when they say they don’t want the government in their business? Now kids can’t go by a preferred nickname? Thoughts?

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No. 
This is explicitly to discriminate against trans students.

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Can you imagine, as a teacher, having to worry about trivial stuff like this when you have much more important things to do like…teach?

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What a ridiculous concept. This is what conservatives are wasting their time on

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This is a waste of time and completely unnecessary for any reason.

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This is absolutely ridiculous, and honestly just a way to not only discriminate against trans students, but basically force them to be outed to their parents/guardians before they may be ready to do that. It’s truly sickening!

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This is ridiculous. Parents don't own their children. You fucking bigots had better enjoy this level of control now because once your kids are grown you'll never see them again.

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Of course this came out of Florida. This is for the anti trans people. This will get children hurt. The reason they don’t tell mommy and daddy things like this is because mommy and daddy aren’t accepting people and they KNOW that. Because no one would ever have an issue with a person named Jacob wanting to be called jake. This is for Ashley that wants to be called Steve. This is disgusting. Maybe parents should be good parents and they won’t have to worry about this.

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Let’s not pretend this is for the everyday Richard trying to be called Dick. This is for the families of queer students, it’s the continued efforts from the extreme right that is Florida, to make the lives of LGTBQIA* youth and their families less safe. This is not about family or keeping the involvement with family in a school environment. It’s about outing queer youth, well really, it’s about keeping them in the closet and trying to eradicate their “woke” existence.

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I remember all my school life I was only called by my full name, as it is in my passport. Not my nickname. Granted if my mom called me by my full name would make me think I did something wrong lol, but in school everyone was called by their full name, no nicknames. Starting from elementary school, to university. I don’t see anything wrong with that.

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Is it necessary for parents to have to submit written permission for a child to go by a nickname?

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