A
Christian maths teacher in the United Kingdom has been removed from the
classroom for referring to a biologically female transgender student as a
girl.
Joshua
Sutcliffe, a 27-year-old who teaches 11 to 18-year-olds at a school in
Oxfordshire, has been removed from his teaching capacity and is facing a
disciplinary hearing after it was alleged in a Nov. 2 parental complaint that he
discriminated against a female-born transgender student by stating "well done,
girls" when addressing the student's small group during class.
According
to the London-based Christian
Legal Centre, the Cherwell School launched a week-long investigation into
the complaint. During the investigation, Sutcliffe, who also pastors at Christ
Revelation church, has been barred from teaching and kept "in isolation" in a
staff room.
The
student in question self-identifies as male and Sutcliffe reportedly had not
been instructed formally that she was to be referred to as a boy. Christian
Post.
