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Title: Transgender teachers: What it's like when 'Sir' becomes 'Miss'
Post by: stephaniec on December 03, 2015, 12:15:53 PM
Transgender teachers: What it's like when 'Sir' becomes 'Miss'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/transgender-teachers-what-its-like-when-sir-becomes-miss/

Telegraph/By Radhika Sanghani  3 December 2015 • 10:14am

"Sally St Claire is the new headteacher of Hollyoaks High – the fictional school on TV soap Hollyoaks. This week, her past is revealed when a fellow teacher discovers that she wasn't always Ms St Claire – she used to be Mr.

The next few months will see St Claire's storyline develop as a transgender teacher coming out to pupils, colleagues and family. Just like real-life trans teachers, she will face her fair share of ignorance and prejudice."
Title: Re: Transgender teachers: What it's like when 'Sir' becomes 'Miss'
Post by: suzifrommd on December 03, 2015, 12:32:28 PM
Wow. This is a subject of which I have some knowledge, and this article gets it 100% right. I, too, was encouraged to start over at a whole new school, even though all my professional contacts and history were at my current school. Our union rep couldn't understand why I wouldn't be eager to do this - to him transitioning seemed so shameful.

I have never had the slightest problem with a student or parent.
Title: Re: Transgender teachers: What it's like when 'Sir' becomes 'Miss'
Post by: WorkingOnThomas on December 04, 2015, 04:56:07 AM
I considered starting over at a new school, but I like where I'm at. And really, my students don't give a rip.