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[–]WildApples 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I think that there is a good argument that it is unlawfully discriminatory. It would be unthinkable to make an employee prominently identify their race, national origin, religion, or disability status at work, and I would argue that the same applies to sex, which as others have noted can have a detrimental effect on female employees.

Secondly, if you live in a jurisdiction that protects discrimination on the basis of creed, you could argue that you are being forced to violate your creed by the requirement to choose an identity that you do not personally believe in.

Also, for anyone working in government (including public schools and hospitals) in the U.S., remember that government cannot infringe on your right to free speech. That protection includes freedom from compelled speech.

[–]SanityIsGC 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

protection includes freedom from compelled speech

This is a great point. How is this not compelled speech?

[–]ShieldMaiden 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It feels like every time we're asked to repeat "TWAW" is compelled speech, too. At least it's not legally compelled (yet, lol).

[–]SanityIsGC 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It would be compelled speech and those words will never cross my lips. Transgender women are transgender women as far as I am concerned and that is the whole truth of the matter.