Missouri teacher says she was fired for refusing to discriminate against LGBTQ students

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A Missouri teacher said she was fired for refusing to discriminate against LGBTQ students.

Trish Jonshon has been part of the Festus School District in Jefferson County, Mo., for over 15 years. After working as a substitute teacher for 12 years, she took a permanent position at Festus Middle School five years ago, where she focuses on literature and academic support for 7th and 8th graders.

That was until early last week when the district told her that her contract would not be renewed. She thinks she’s being punished for standing up for LGBTQ equality.

“At the beginning of the school year, I was disciplined for displaying student work that contained three small LGBTQ+ pride flags and for allowing a student to state in class that she is ‘not straight,’” she told local television station KSDK-TV.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/missouri-teacher-says-she-was-fired-for-refusing-to-discriminate-against-lgbtq-students/ar-AAV9p21

[Karadeniz]

1. Nazi Germany.

[vercetti2021]

2. They want us to not exist as humans

Well tough shit. You'll have to kill us to get rid of us then

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. If I was gonna pick a fight with some group of people...

I would not pick the LGBT group. That’s just dumb.

Excellent organizers, they are. Fiercely protective of their rights.

[vercetti2021]

5. Exactly

They wanna believe that we are all flamboyant and weak. Bitch you wanna fight a 6 foot tall trans woman? Dont think that would be a smart move

[Cracklin Charlie]

6. Weak?

Ha!

Bravery comes in many forms. Best not to underestimate folks.

[vercetti2021]

7. Exactly this

And it's just hilarious they really think we are weak

[Celerity]

4. That student was likely around 13/14 or so, & by that age I knew damn well I was not straight & had

been open about it for several years.

One of the biggest gifts my parents ever gave me in life was that of not raising me in some RW US christofascist shithole. That and being raised in an openly atheist (but still made well aware of all major religions and their dogmas) home.