UK Teacher Sacked Over Pupil’s Preferred Pronouns Row

UK Teacher Sacked Over Pupil’s Preferred Pronouns Row
Students play on a playground at a school in the UK in a file photo. Danny Lawson/PA
Owen Evans
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A British maths teacher claims he was sacked after refusing to affirm a teenage pupil’s gender identity because he wanted to first obtain permission from the student’s parents.

Maths teacher Kevin Lister is taking legal action against his former employers, claiming unfair dismissal.

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