Va. Supreme Court reinstates fired teacher’s lawsuit
The Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated a lawsuit that a teacher filed after a school board fired him because he refused to refer to a student by their preferred pronouns.
The West Point School Board in 2018 fired French teacher Peter Vlaming after he refused to use male pronouns when referring to a student who was transitioning from female to male.
The King William County Circuit Court dismissed Vlaming’s case. The state Supreme Court in March 2022 agreed to consider it.
The anti-LGBTQ Alliance Defending Freedom represents Vlaming. “Peter wasn’t fired for something he said; he was fired for something he couldn’t say,” said Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Chris Schandevel in a press release. “The Virginia Supreme Court rightly agreed that Peter’s case against the school board for violating his rights under the Virginia Constitution and state law should proceed.” The post Va.
