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I'm not sure how referring to someone as "Mr" would constitute "instruction on gender identity" but do elaborate.
Introducing yourself as a Mr means informing students you identify as a man.
Also the words man and woman are banned according to law.
You quoted why this won't work yourself.
They already provided their own "out" for anything they consider acceptable.
Nah, because of one word. Or. That means no gender for grade 3 and under, OR no gender that's developmentally inappropriate. So yes, gender pronouns are allowed for the big kids, but not for the little ones.
No it doesn't. What if I'm a woman who prefers Mr as my title.
No they aren't. These words tell you the gender identity of someone, but they don't explain what gender identity is.
Using words like "Mr," "Mrs," "man," "she," etc. does not constitute "classroom instruction ... on ... gender identity."
If a teacher puts their lunchbag under their desk, they aren't necessarily giving instruction on object permanence. Just because a psychological concept is associated with an act or phrase does not mean that the mere presence of this act or phrase in a classroom constitutes "instruction" on that act or phrase.
So you're making the argument that if I were a Florida teacher, I introduced myself as Mx Endocrinous, wore nonbinary and trans and gay flag pins, had an it/its pronoun pin, and referred to myself as dronegender, this would all be perfectly legal so long as I didn't explain what any of these words or symbols meant?
Nope, because now you've started to provide more information than is necessary to identify yourself.
My interpretations of the Florida law for your examples, but of course I'm not a lawyer, this isn't legal advice, and my interpretation of the law is different than what I believe is ethical:
This is fine. You're just giving students knowledge to identify yourself.
I think this is probably on the borderline, but I don't believe the law would allow this. You're conveying information beyond what the students need to know to identify you.
On the other hand, I think the law also prevents someone from wearing anti-trans and anti-gay flag pins (if those exist? I'm not up-to-date on hate symbols).
Legal IMO. At it's core, it's just two English words on a pin which have meaning far outside the sphere of gender identity. If you're using it to indicate how students should refer to you, it's also legal IMO.
Not legal IMO. It's outside of the basic information necessary to have a conversation with or about you.
I don't personally this is a particularly good law, but I also don't believe it is as restrictive as you've described it. And I'm not a lawyer. The law is written about "classroom instruction," so as long as what you're doing doesn't constitute that, you're fine. The difficulty, as you've pointed out, is defining what that means.
Well if the bare minimum is identification, then all you need is a first name and a last name. No gendered pronouns or titles necessary.