Fired for Accidentally Calling Transgender Student ‘She’ | Underreported

Peter Vlaming has two great passions—teaching and French. But a Virginia school district stripped the French teacher of the ability to impart these passions in high school classrooms when it fired him for not using pronouns preferred by a transgender student.

“I explained to my principal that I couldn't in good conscience pronounce masculine pronouns to refer to a girl,” Vlaming told The Daily Signal in an interview. “He gave me an official written reprimand that said it was the first step in a process that would lead to my termination.” 

Nineteen days before Christmas 2018, the school board in West Point, Virginia, voted unanimously to fire Vlaming. Today, he awaits his day in court. 

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