FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A South Florida high school teacher who almost lost her job for discussing a student’s gender identity in class should be able to stay in the classroom, a state judge ruled this week.
The case is a twist on Florida’s “don’t say gay” controversy, which has focused on whether teachers will be silenced from making supportive comments about gay and transgender people.
This teacher, Vally Jan-Louis Bastien of Miami-Dade County, was disciplined for sharing information with her class that disparaged a male transgender student — confidential school records that listed him as a female.
