Teacher fired for refusing to use student’s preferred pronouns gets $575K settlement | The...

MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Excellent! Tennessee passed laws recently that we (teachers and administration) are not required to address a student by anything other than their sex assigned at birth. If the teacher wants to, they can address as the opposite sex. Additionally, if a student request to be addressed by the other sex and it is not on the official record, admin is REQUIRED to notify the parents of such a request. I had a student who wanted to be addressed by "her" and I told him I had to report it. He begged me not to but, the law is the law, and I had to report or risk losing my job.

Good for him. Freedom of Speech is not, and should be impacted by fantasies or feelings.

Until I retired I was a teacher in NH, we were told to use the preferred pronouns. I was not on board with that and refused, but I kept my ass out of trouble by using People when addressing my class or you when addressing a student. There is always a way to conform with the higher ups without going against my beliefs. Just like an NCO telling off a LT and making it seem like a compliment!