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Kayla Lemieux, a transgender teacher at a school in Canada who sparked controversy for wearing giant breast forms. Photo/via news.com.au
The transgender teacher, now known as Kayla Lemieux at Oakville Trafalgar High School in Oakville, Ont., made headlines in September when his first photos and videos went viral.
The local school board defended him at the time. Halton School District Board (HDSB) Chair Margo Shuttleworth said Toronto Sun in September that protecting the “gender rights” of their employees is a position of school boards and that they support teachers.
Now, the students’ parents say the school district has gone further by threatening the students with suspension if they continue to photograph and film Lemieux.
“[Siswa telah] threatened with suspension if they tried to take pictures of Lemieux,” the anonymous parents of a student said. Toronto Sun.
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Lemieux identified as male a year ago, but now identifies as female.
The school board says Lemieux was very efficient and Shuttleworth even says that all the students are very happy to be in the class.
But videos and photos of transgender teachers continue to spread rapidly online and triggered a wave of violent reactions. The school board acknowledged this, saying it had received several comments and phone calls about it.
“There will be protesters and anti-protesters,” Shuttleworth said. Toronto Sun. “I know there have been phone calls at school of an unpleasant nature.”
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