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But going by this article it seems like it's legal in California to call someone by homophobic slurs, while misgendering can get you a fine. Is this an accurate view?

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-california-law-allows-jail-time-for-using-wrong-gender-pronoun-sponsor-denies-that-would-happen

"The sponsor, Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener, has argued adamantly that nobody is going to be criminally prosecuted for using the wrong pronoun."

Twat.

Anyhow, it won't hold up to our federal constitution. The government can't compel speech under our 1st amendment. You would however, to have this case heard; have to be prosecuted for it to challenge it. There are a series of courts that would conceivably strike down that section of the law before it got to our top court (who don't always have their heads screwed on straight and have been pretty idiotic on gender/sex issues in Bostock and are legislating from the bench.)