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A US court has upheld the right of public schools to force religious teachers to call transgender students by their chosen names and pronouns.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/i...&cvid=1408f54453814f55ff85022e4740e64f&ei=101Like most people, trans people typically experience stress or distress if persistently called by the wrong name in daily life, and many consider using their chosen name to be a basic component of respect.
A federal appeals court just told a public school teacher that he does not have a constitutional right to misgender transgender students.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/f...&cvid=1408f54453814f55ff85022e4740e64f&ei=121The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, based in Chicago, ruled that Brownsburg, Indiana orchestra teacher John Kluge could not use his religion as an excuse to violate the school’s policy on transgender students.