Teacher sues school district after resigning over students’ pronouns

Date:

December 16, 2022

Two of Vivian Geraghty’s students at Jackson Memorial Middle School in Massillon, Ohio, were undergoing transition-related care and wanted people, including their teachers, to use their proper pronouns.

But Geraghty, a third-year English teacher, went to school administrators in August to report a problem. Her Christian beliefs prohibited her from using the transgender students’ pronouns or their new names, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday.

School officials allegedly issued her an ultimatum: do so or quit. Geraghty chose the latter but did so under duress, the suit states.

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