Suspended Teacher Who Refused Preferred Pronouns Wins Major Award.

The world has definitely transformed in the last few years. While some view it as progress, others see it as a huge step in the wrong direction.

Pamela Richard, a teacher from Kansas, bravely stood up for her beliefs even though she risked being suspended. While working at Geary County Schools in Kansas, she was suspended for three days for refusing to use a preferred pronoun for a student.Richard explains that she got suspended for calling a biologically female student by the student’s legal last name.

Before this, a school counselor informed her that a student wanted to go by a different first name and preferred a different gender identity. The student was assigned female at birth.

To avoid using the student’s preferred name, she decided to call her “Miss [legal/enrolled last name].” Richard thought it was a good compromise, but it didn’t end well.

The teacher was eventually suspended because they did not use the pronouns that the individual requested to be identified by.

The lawsuit happened because the policy went against her beliefs.