Alberta Teacher Fired For Gender Change
The Bilerico Project
By Mercedes Allen
02 October 2009
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/10/alberta_teacher_fired_for_sex_change.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2009/10/alberta_teacher_fired_for_sex_change.php)
In early October of 2008, substitute teacher Jan Buterman was informed that he was being dropped from the teacher list and should not report to a scheduled class that day. Jan had spoken with the Deputy Superintendent at the Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division No. 29 the previous June about his transition from female to male and that he would be returning to work after the summer break as Mr. Buterman -- a minor change, since he had a mostly masculine gender presentation as it was.
But in the start of October, the Archbishop of the Edmonton Diocese of the Catholic Church objected, and directed the school board to end his employment. The Archbishop felt that Jan "would create confusion and complexity with students and parents as a model and witness to Catholic faith values." This from the organization that felt that the best way to deal with pedophile priests was to give them a free ride to a faraway diocese and a get out of jail free card... and help other pedophile priests cut a deal with the victims.