I'm 28 and a highschool teacher rounding out my 3rd year. Unfortunatly, there are about 100+ students (out of roughly close to 5,500) who are LGBTQ's, etc. They are a handful of supportive faculty are always, always causing trouble and tension in our school....not only on Pride Month. I have 1 student in my History class an Afro-American male who says he identifies as a female. His given name is Laurence, but he wants to be known as Lilly. When I call out roll at beginning of class, I refuse to say "Lilly", because on the student list he is Laurence C. Yesterday was his American History final in my class. When I called his name as "Laurence" he refused to answer, walked out of class and didn't take his final.
I talked to the principal about him. According to school policy, he has till June 17th to take the final (our last day for summer). If not, he recieves at "F" for the term, even though he had about an 80 average. I expected trouble, because he refuses to answer to "Laurence" and said there is no "Laurence C." and won't take the test unless his new name is acknowledged.
I thought the school would side with him, like liberal schools always side with that agenda. But they didn't. He has 2 weeks to take the final....or else, "F" = Summer School (failure to do that means not promoted to Junor year....because he has an F average in Spanish as well.