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Florida Teacher on Leave Over Gender-Neutral Title

Florida Teacher on Leave Over Gender-Neutral Title
Call me Mx, not Ms or Mrs: Florida teacher forced to go on leave over gender-neutral term · wionews.com

A Florida teacher is on administrative leave for using the gender-neutral title 'Mx.'

instead of 'Ms.'

or 'Mrs.'

The Attorney General got involved after receiving a complaint.

The teacher asked students and staff to address her as 'Mx.'

This term, which has been used since the 1970s and added to the dictionary in 2017, is like 'Mr.'

or 'Ms.'

for those who are non-binary.

The exact reason for the leave is unclear based on the information provided in the article.

Key facts

Teacher's Title
Mx.
School
Talbot Elementary School
Location
Gainesville, Florida
Key Official
Attorney General James Uthmeier

Quotes

James Uthmeier

Florida's Attorney General

“enforce the law and consider disciplinary action”
NDTV
“unacceptable”
NDTV

Anastasios Kamoutsas

Education Commissioner

“deeply troubling and ones that I will not take lightly”
NDTV

Sources

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