Kansas teacher Pamela Ricard recently made headlines when she sued her school district, Geary County Schools, after they gave her a three-day suspension for refusing to use a student’s preferred pronouns.
Ricard explained the situation, saying she had been disciplined “for addressing a biologically female student by the student’s legal and enrolled last name,” via the New York Post.
Teaching at Fort Riley Middle School, Ricard learned from a school counselor that a student wanted to be addressed by a different first name and preferred pronouns (he/him), despite being biologically female.