Some of y'all are missing the point of this
This is not actually about whether or not you can call Thomas "Tom" or Katharine "Kat"
This is not even about the bullying tactic of name-calling
This is about deadnames. For transchildren.
They are making it so that the trans kids parents are going to have to fill out a paper, outright stating that their child has a different name than their legal name that they prefer to use, and give it to the school.
This is control. This is exposure. This is dangerous. Why?
1. Its no ones goddamn business who is trans but the trans person and anyone they chose to tell that they are trans.
2. If the child is not out as trans they either have to sit there being misgendered and deadnamed the entire time they are in school. Or they have to out themselves.
3. Outing yourself carries a significant amount of risk depending on your situation. MAYBE, you are already out and signing this paper is fine (again, A THING YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO). But others may not be comfortable with outing themselves for an infinate amount of reasons, anything from getting bullied in school to getting kicked out of their parents home. Or worse, death or possibly suicide after enduring these things.
4. Back to this paper- filling out these sheets just gives everyone a fucking list of who the trans people are. Who is in need of a list for this? People who hate trans people. So they can oppress them.
This is step one fascism and we need to recognize that. Because the next step is making it so all the trans kids have to wear something so everyone knows they are trans on sight. If you do not know what the next step is, then I suggest you read about Germany in World War 2 and see how well that went.