It's what's called a defect such as when a system doesn't perform as expected. Sorry. No amount of emotionally supported bullshit is going to change facts.
Phobia? Hardly. You don't call an ftp client and ssh client do you? Likewise you would and should never call a man a woman, unless you're tying to insult him and vice versa. It's called logic and not some ridiculous concept of accepting a mental disorder as something to be celebrated.
Self identification is a ridiculous concept if it's not based on fact. They put people in the nut house for proclaiming they're a farm animal or Teddy Roosevelt.
It's only an assault on those individuals and organizations that want to infringe on users privacy. I see absolutely nothing wrong with keeping the general public informed (mandatory) from predatory actions.
If you want to talk about problems, let's talk about plugins themselves. They're horrible and should never have been created. Hell, even they were a response to horrible websites which browsers had to deal with. Anything short of proper browser development would of course necessitate having plugins for your browser.
> to stem the rampant truancy devastating the school's funding
So truancy is a part of lack of funding? There's something wrong with that picture. Texas needs to fix that issue before trying to act all fascist on their students.
I for one think it's great you're doing updates quickly and often as things come up that warrant pushing updates in the first place. Keep up the good work. This looks like a nifty little tool!