Virginia Teacher Placed on Leave After Saying He Won’t Call Students by Their Preferred Pronouns

Virginia Teacher Placed on Leave After Saying He Won’t Call Students by Their Preferred Pronouns
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Bill Pan
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An elementary school teacher in Loudoun County, Virginia, was placed on administrative leave after objecting to his school district’s proposed policy about pronouns, according to a report.

Byron “Tanner” Cross, who teaches physical education at Leesburg Elementary School in Loudoun County Public Schools, was placed on leave after he spoke against a proposed rule that would require teachers and staff to address students by their preferred gender-identity pronouns, according to the Loudoun Times-Mirror.