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

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.