A trans teacher in Texas resigns after being targeted by conservatives online

Jessica_Rose · April 02, 2025, 01:17:14 PM

A trans teacher in Texas resigns after being targeted by conservatives online

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Story by Jo Yurcaba (2 April 2025)

A transgender teacher in Texas resigned on Monday...

"I am heartbroken," said Rosie Sandri, who taught sophomore English at Red Oak High School, just south of the Dallas metro area, for three years

Sandri, 33, came out as a trans woman about seven months ago and said her colleagues at school and the Red Oak Independent School District were very supportive. She said she never got up in front of her class and came out, but instead just started dressing differently. When students noticed and asked if they should call her by a different name or use different pronouns, she told them they could call her "whatever they were comfortable with."

In its post about Sandri, Libs of TikTok used her previous legal name, a practice called "deadnaming" that is widely considered offensive among the trans community, and also misgendered her and asked, "Would you feel comfortable with this person teaching your kid?"

Sandri said that she was out sick last Wednesday, when Libs of TikTok initially shared her video, but that she started receiving threats and harassment to her personal and school email accounts and on social media shortly after.

That same day, she said, she called the human resources department at Red Oak Independent School District, and the deputy superintendent told her the school had received threats as well.

On Monday, she said she came to an agreement with the school that she would resign.

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A trans teacher in Texas resigns after being targeted by conservatives online

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