A Virginia teacher has filed a lawsuit saying he was wrongfully fired for refusing to use male pronouns for a transgender student.
In 2018, a student at West Point High School began identifying as male. He and his mother asked for him to be referred to with his preferred name and pronouns: he, him, his.French teacher Peter Vlaming said he couldn't"in good conscience" comply, citing his religious beliefs, according to the complaint. He consistently used the student's preferred male name and attempted to avoid the use of any pronouns at all, his lawsuit says.
Vlaming, you may have your religion," the student said, according to the suit,"but you need to respect who I am!"Vlaming said it was an unintentional slip of the tongue.School officials said the educator was insubordinate and failed to follow directives from administrators. And, officials said, the teacher could not be allowed to treat the transgender student differently."That discrimination then leads to creating a hostile learning environment.
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