A central Indiana high school teacher is trying to get his job back after he claims the school district forced him to resign for violating its transgender student policy. John Kluge, a former Brownsburg High School orchestra teacher, said he submitted a tentative resignation letter because he was threatened with job termination for not falling in line with the school district’s new policy on how teachers should address students who identify as transgender. “I’m being compelled to encourage students in what I believe is something that’s a dangerous lifestyle,” the 28-year-old teacher told the newspaper. The new school policy, which will be implemented next school year, states that students must have written consent from a parent and doctor to request the name change. Kluge said he still wants to work at the school and is “pleading” to come back.

Source: Fox News June 08, 2018 13:42 UTC