Vivian Geraghty: Ohio school teacher forced to quit job for refusing to use students’ preferred pronouns

Vivian Geraghty: Ohio school teacher forced to quit job for refusing to use students’ preferred pronouns
Jackson Memorial Middle School, where Vivian Geraghty worked, had instituted a policy that required teachers to use students’ preferred pronouns (Google Maps)

MASSILLON, OHIO: A former Ohio English teacher has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Jackson Memorial Middle School in Massillon, Ohio, the Board of Education, and two school district employees recently, alleging that she was forced to leave her job after she claimed her Christian beliefs prohibited her from using the transgender students’ pronouns or their new names. Vivian Geraghty, 24, filed the suit in federal court alleging free speech retaliation and violations against her right to practice Christianity.

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Geraghty reportedly resigned from her role on August 26, 2022, according to the lawsuit. She said two students requested she uses names that align “with their new gender identities rather than their legal names" about a week before Geraghty quit her job. The lawsuit also states that one of the students wanted to be addressed by a preferred pronoun. The school has reportedly instituted a policy that requires teachers to use students’ preferred pronouns.