Teacher banned from profession after outing trans kid by name on social media

[Jessica_Rose]

(U.K.) Teacher banned from profession after outing trans kid by name on social media

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Story by John Russell (25 Oct 2024)

A teacher in the U.K. has been banned from the profession indefinitely for outing a transgender student on social media.

According to The Daily Mail, in May 2023, a whistleblower alerted the unnamed Manchester school where 54-year-old Camilla Hannan had been teaching since 2001 that Hannan had posted offensive and anti-trans sentiments on X, then known as Twitter. In one of her posts, Hannan even outed a transgender student by name.

The Manchester Evening News reports that in August of this year, Hannan admitted to writing the posts. A Teaching Regulation Agency misconduct hearing was held to address the matter, and in September a panel found that she had shared the private medical information of the student named in her post without the student's knowledge or consent. The panel noted that she had also "repeatedly misgendered" the student.

A report on the panel said that it had found that Hannan "had a deep-seated attitude, and that, whilst she was entitled to have that attitude and hold the views that she did, it was not acceptable for her to have posted these on social media in a way that was damaging to the profession, the School, pupils and in particular" the student she outed. The panel said that Hannan's behavior was incompatible with a teacher's duty to be a role model for students and the wider community.

[Lori Dee]

I hope the student and the parents get a good civil rights lawyer and file a lawsuit.