Israeli school to fire a teacher for coming out as a trans woman
An award winning mathetmatics teacher in Israel was told she faces dismissal after coming out to her students as a transgender woman
25 April 2013 | By Dan Littauer
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A high school mathematics teacher who openly talked to some of her students about being a transgender woman was summoned to a hearing for her dismissal.
Marina, who has been for the past three years an outstanding teacher and mentor, says Israel's Center for Educational Technology (CET) wants her fired for merely discussing her gender identity.
She told her supervisor that on several occasions students asked her about her gender identity, and other issues such as a recent religious ruling that allowed a devout Jewish woman to undergo medically assisted procreation.
A chilling story, reminding me how lucky I am.
The school system where I work has a policy specifically encouraging teachers to introduce controversial topics to our classes.