Virginia high court rules for teacher who won't use transgender students' pronouns

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The Supreme Court of Virginia has upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the reinstatement of a northern Virginia gym teacher who said he won’t refer to transgender students by the pronouns they use.

that ordered the reinstatement of a northern Virginia gym teacher who said he won’t refer to transgender students by the pronouns they use.

Byron "Tanner" Cross, a physical education teacher at Leesburg Elementary School, speaks at a school board meeting in Loudoun County, Va., in May.Cross, a teacher at Leesburg Elementary, cited his religious convictions at a May board meeting in which the school board debated proposed changes to its policies in treatment of transgender students. Cross said he would not use the pronouns used by transgender students.

The school system said it suspended Cross in part because his comments caused a disruption at the school. But the lower court judge, James Plowman, and the state Supreme Court agreed that the handful of calls fielded by school administrators did not cause the type of disruption that warranted a suspension.

 

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And so it should be

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Some people aren’t cut out for teaching. It requires empathy & a selflessness that this man obviously doesn’t have. His views cloud his ability to empathize with & respect his students. This isn’t the job for him or any other like him. Those folks tend to do more harm than good.

Discrimination at its finest again. Way to go Dems. The hypocrisy party.......

I am green Buffalo. If you do not refer to me as such i will have you fired.

Unless the student is diagnosed with gender dysphoria, it shouldn’t be a forced issue.

Just call everyone Bozo it’s just easier

Can I refer to my teacher as hun?

One person's rights should not cancel out another's if there's a choice whether to go to anyplace, especially when there's plenty of places that will fit your needs and agenda

Waste of time Bully, NEXT

Good to hear; looks like stupidity is taking over the lot of people-and maybe there is a hope for normal life.

Shouldn’t a teacher just use the name that they register for school with? I get people want their pronouns used but most of us don’t think about pronouns when addressing ppl if we know their actual name.

Man if a teacher tried this shit in Cali they’d be getting jumped rn 😭

My mother can’t even say my name first but teachers are supposed to remember a hundred names every year AND what damn pronoun they want. Bullshit

I wonder how he will refer to them.

The voice of reason is shining thru

Thank God some sanity remains in the US!

Has a problem using proper pronouns but probably coaches a team sport and calls kids by a nickname during school with zero issues….

Students hold the power here. They can and should make every work day a “challenge” for this jerk. Bonus points for the one who films it all and uploads it to TicTok.

Transgenderism is extremely rare. Gender identity disorder is a mental illness. Leftists distort this reality for political power. Gender is not an amorphous condition as portrayed by the Left. Unnecessary for people to play along with the delusion.

only2genders

His pronouns are dick and head.

He bullies his students, his actions encourage students to bully them as well - but he believes he is the victim. He is not.

I’ve encountered this kind of birdbrain machismo in gyms before - organise a boycott of bigoted PTs - easy gym weightlifting fitness

Whatever name they are registered with at school is what they should be called. This is a place of learning not a basement where you hang out with your friends.

Well then the student can call him by the wrong pronoun. Watch how quickly he complains.

Good

Where is the dam decency?

if you are not strong enough to handle the gender nature gave you then don't expect everyone to hide behind pronouns with you silly.

Great job Supreme Court 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

We cannot be saved, we are our own enemy. Humanity is so flawed.

Really tired of conservatives refusing to just be polite. You have the right to be deplorable but nobody likes a jerk. He needs to leave his bias at home. If we are going to criticize biased cops I think biased teachers should also face the condemnation

Nice to see our fine educated people and the supreme courts and our school teachers have to put up with this nonsensical garbage.

Ok, then refuse to answer him.

What's a pronoun again?

Please don’t paraphrase him in your tweets. Quote him directly or just state the facts.

Imagine being such a jerk, you lose your job over it. Saying they/them is free. If he can't muster the effort he doesn't belong in public schools.

The full stupidity of modern leftism exposed

👍👍👍👍

Twist: he refers to EVERYONE as 'Chief'..

This is actually better for the mental health of said alphabet people, as well as the coach who has been a victim

She needs to stop playing.

Good, shouldn't have to. Don't like it, leave that class.

Then students should be able to call him whatever they wish as well. Only fair.

Not everyone has to go with the delusion. Good for him.

The whole pronoun thing is getting out of hand. You want to be a boy and are a girl go by he. Or just use your name

Guys a little touch wouldn't you say? Maybe he needs a Hobbie. I would not suggest archery. Something more benign.. Maybe Knitting or possibly Basket Weaving.

Imagine being a gym teacher, no thanks.

I had a PE teacher who referred to all the guys who didn't try out for football as 'girls' and 'ladies.'

It’s a public school - religion shouldn’t come into it

I really hope everyone who interacts with him starts using the wrong pronoun …….let him see how it feels

Its legal to be an asshole.

I feel very sorry for his trans students

It seems like he's going out of his way to be unkind. It takes just as much energy to be nice. SMH.

Please cite which 'religious conviction' prevents Byron from being respectful to the students in his class.

Please don't confuse a gym teacher with an actual teacher.

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