A former primary school teacher in Nottingham, England, is defending herself in court this week after she was fired for raising concerns about her school's endorsement of pro-transgender ideology.
The Christian teacher said her employer asked her to treat an eight-year-old student entering her class as transgender at the start of the 2021 school year.
“All staff were required to attend trans awareness training in the new school year, which simply seemed to reassure staff that the only correct thing to do was to 'affirm' children in their chosen gender,” “Hannah” told FoxNewsDigital.
“There was no consideration or indication that this approach would cause any harm. It seemed that the message was that it was better for the child's mental and emotional health to follow it,” he continued.
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The school told the teacher that she should refer to her new student with his preferred pronouns and his new name. ((Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images))
The school developed policies for students based on guidance from the pro-LGBTQ group Stonewall Champion. The policy allowed the child to be referred to by her new name and pronouns and to use opposite-sex facilities such as bathrooms and locker rooms at school, according to the Christian Legal Center, which supports “Hannah.”
A court order protecting “Child X” prohibits the press from identifying the student, the teacher (named “Hannah”), and the school.
Hannah said she expressed concerns to school officials about the dangers of leading children down a path that could lead to irreversible changes to their bodies.
“I shared concerns about the long-term effects of 'affirmation,' how children can end up being led in a direction that convinces them they are in the wrong body and then can take irreversible steps to change their appearance and effectively destroy their own body,” he said. “I tried to explain how influential trusted adults are in guiding these children and giving them the wrong messages, especially when they are so young and uncritical. They believe what we tell them.”
Hannah claimed the school ignored the evidence she tried to present to them. She was later fired after consulting her lawyers about the policy, according to the Christian Legal Center.
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A former teacher in England said she was unfairly dismissed after raising concerns with her students about the school's “gender-affirming” policy. (iStock)
He is now taking legal action against the primary school and Nottinghamshire County Council. Hannah will argue that she was attacked for speaking out against the policy, unfairly dismissed and discriminated against because of her Christian beliefs.
Hannah says she worked at the school for five years without incident. But she claims that speaking out on this issue out of concern for the well-being of her students cost her her career.
“I raised a genuine safeguarding issue in good faith, and not only was I silenced and banned from talking to anyone about it, I was also sacked, reported to a professional regulator and lost my career as a teacher. “I now work making sandwiches in a sandwich bar,” he explained.
Hannah will argue her case at an Employment Tribunal at Nottingham Justice Center on Tuesday.
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Nottinghamshire County Council did not respond to a request for comment.
