A school in Ravenna is to have
Italy's first 'gender alias' roster of students' names.
Students at the Liceo Artistico Nervi Severini will be able to
pick a name and gender different from their given ones for the
morning roll call, the school announced ahead of the
International Day Against Homophobia Tuesday.
The initiative is aimed at "fostering the psychological
well-being of people," said the school.
"Our action stems from a couple of requests we have received and
it seems absolutely correct to meet them," said head teacher
Gianluca Dradi , who in 2019 gained headlines by not cancelling
the would-be scrawled insult '"the head is gay" because he said
that being gay was not offensive.
One of the girls attending the school has already got her chosen
name on her bus pass.
There is another student who does not identify as male or
female.
"Our teachers have already been calling them by their elective
names, but we have decided this should not only be a concession
but also a right," said Dradi.
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