Calif. bill would allow transgender, nonbinary students to choose name on college diplomas

SF Gate ^ | January 14, 2021 | by Bay City News Service

[Oldeconomybuyer]

California Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, on Thursday proposed a bill that would allow transgender and nonbinary public college students to use their preferred names instead of their birth names on diplomas.

According to Chiu, recently introduced Assembly Bill 245 will ensure that diplomas don't mistakenly use a graduate's birth name, if they prefer to use a chosen name.

Chu said the bill is especially important since transgender and nonbinary people face higher rates of discrimination in the workplace. Not having their preferred name on their diploma can create even more challenges, especially if the individual chooses not to openly identify as transgender or nonbinary at work or school.

"Making sure college records reflect a student's name is a no-brainer," Chiu said in a statement. "Transgender and nonbinary students face many challenges, and this simple policy will ensure they have one less barrier to overcome."

The bill aims to standardize the process for updating records after a student graduates, as the system varies across all of the state's public colleges. It builds off of AB 711, authored by Chiu and signed into law in 2019, requiring that K-12 school districts update the diplomas and transcripts of former students to reflect their updated names and gender markers.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[Dutch Boy]

As soon as names are irrelevant, they will refer to us by numbers. Something like Comrade 8490234 or Citizen 09423521. maybe have a suffix that is for our social score.

[alexander_busek]

California Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, on Thursday proposed a bill that would allow transgender and nonbinary public college students to use their preferred names instead of their birth names on diplomas.

Do I understand that to mean that "regular" folks wouldn't be allowed to use a different, preferred name on diplomas?

I am "binary" and "cis" (to use their terminology) - so I won't be allowed to have my preferred name ("His Serene Highness by the Grace of God, etc., etc.") on my diploma?

Discrimination!

Regards,

[HighSierra5]

We must believe in science.

[Alberta's Child]

So if I hire a new employee and his/her/its name on the college degree doesn’t match the name on the ID documents the IRS requires me to use when verifying eligibility to work in the U.S., then what am I supposed to do?

This is #12,376 on the list of reasons why I only hire family members and contractors.

[jimfree]

It is the changing of birth certificates that I find most hideous. Can you imagine the medmal implications?

[WinMod70]

That’s a real important document there. I have one, not really sure where it is right now, but I have one. I am pretty sure I looked at it and my father may have taken a peek just to make sure I actually did graduate, not sure about mom but I’ll include her too. That is it, nobody else has seen it or asked to see it.

[FrdmLvr]

The only people it hurts will be the idiots who ask for the name change on their college diploma. Just don’t hold the college responsible.

[ontap]

If I were a bussiness man I would be very leary of hiring students from these universities!!!

[Slyfox]

If you want to change your name go down to the county courthouse and pay the fees first, like the rest of us have to do.

[jazminerose]

They should all choose the same one.

[moovova]

If you walk into a shrink’s office for some therapy and the diploma on the wall says “Captain Prophylactic” or “Bud Smoker”...leave.

[jazminerose]

I actually have had to show m post grad degrees a few times for employment purposes. Some of them demand transcripts, but, this is pretty specialized.

Diplomas do help I very narrow situations, even as a freelancer.

If you ever need to prove yours and can’t find it, there is a service that will locate and verify your degree in about a minute for $15. I have had to do that a time or two since I treat my diplomas with the same care you gave yours.

[Gen.Blather]

“So if I hire a new employee and his/her/its name on the college degree doesn’t match the name on the ID documents the IRS requires me to use when verifying eligibility to work in the U.S., then what am I supposed to do?”

That was my first thought. This says that the person proposing this has NEVER hired anyone. This is Olympic class virtue signaling.

[Feckless]

So..., they're gonna produce a kid who can't spell "Cat" if you spot them the C $ T, and then let them pick their name?

Seems about right (for California) to me.

[T.B. Yoits]

Joe Smith tells the college his preferred name is Jane Doe.
Joe Smith sells his degree certificate to Jane Doe for the wall in her office.
Joe Smith decides he re-identifies as Joe Smith and gets a copy of his degree in that name for the wall in his office.

I see a market for pieces of paper from fraudulent, virtue-signaling colleges in a bankrupt state that's desperate for money.

[ridesthemiles]

Right-—and when you go to get a job that requires plenty of ID, then all those different names will be hard to explain away to a prospective employer.....

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

No doubt tattooed on the arm or forehead.

[lepton]

to reflect their updated names and gender markers.

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[Vaduz]

Nonbinary students to choose name on college diplomas

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