Tuesday, May 24, 2016

American Silliness: Transgender Teacher Gets $60,000 After Co-Workers Wouldn’t Call Her ‘They’

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"Well, if you can identify as a man or a woman, can you identify as multiple people or genders at the same time? Is there any end to how one might extend the stupidity?
A “transmasculine” teacher at an Oregon elementary school has been awarded $60,000 by her school district as compensation for harassment she claims to have suffered on the job, including being referred to by the wrong pronoun.
According to The Oregonian, Leo Soell was born a woman, but now prefers to identify as “transmasculine” and “genderqueer,” meaning she does not consider herself to be male or female. After getting breast cancer in late 2014, she had her breasts amputated to create a more masculine appearance and changed her name to Leo. Once she returned from medical school in May, 2015, Soell was fully public with her gender-neutral identity.

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