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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2197640" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/23/transgender-teacher-gets-60k-after-co-workers-wont-call-her-they/" target="_blank">Transgender Teacher Gets $60k After Co-Workers Won’t Call Her ‘They’</a></p><p></p><p>According to The Oregonian, <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2016/05/gresham_barlow_transgender_tea.html" target="_blank">Leo Soell was born a woman,</a> but now prefers to identify as “transmasculine” and “genderqueer,” meaning she does not consider herself to be male or female. After getting breast cancer in late 2014, she had her breasts amputated to create a more masculine appearance and changed her name to Leo. Once she returned from medical school in May, 2015, Soell was fully public with her gender-neutral identity.</p><p>Once she returned to work, Soell claims she fell victim to relentless harassment from her co-workers. She says employees persisted in calling her hurtful terms like “Miss Soell,” “lady,” and “she.” If a student asked Soell’s sex, she says she was ordered to reply it was a private matter not suitable for discussion at school.</p><p>Some teachers were even worse, Soell said. She claimed one teacher screamed at her in the hallway that her gender choice was offensive to God, and she said teachers conspired to use the school’s only gender-neutral bathroom so Soell would have to wait a half-hour or more to use it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2197640, member: 12952"] [URL="http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/23/transgender-teacher-gets-60k-after-co-workers-wont-call-her-they/"]Transgender Teacher Gets $60k After Co-Workers Won’t Call Her ‘They’[/URL] According to The Oregonian, [URL='http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2016/05/gresham_barlow_transgender_tea.html']Leo Soell was born a woman,[/URL] but now prefers to identify as “transmasculine” and “genderqueer,” meaning she does not consider herself to be male or female. After getting breast cancer in late 2014, she had her breasts amputated to create a more masculine appearance and changed her name to Leo. Once she returned from medical school in May, 2015, Soell was fully public with her gender-neutral identity. Once she returned to work, Soell claims she fell victim to relentless harassment from her co-workers. She says employees persisted in calling her hurtful terms like “Miss Soell,” “lady,” and “she.” If a student asked Soell’s sex, she says she was ordered to reply it was a private matter not suitable for discussion at school. Some teachers were even worse, Soell said. She claimed one teacher screamed at her in the hallway that her gender choice was offensive to God, and she said teachers conspired to use the school’s only gender-neutral bathroom so Soell would have to wait a half-hour or more to use it. [/QUOTE]
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