Florida Teacher Fired for Using ‘Nonbinary’ Title ‘Mx.’ in Classroom Materials
A Florida teacher has been fired for using the “nonbinary” title “Mx.” in classroom materials.
AV Vary, 43, was a virtual public school physics teacher before being fired last month for violating the Florida law prohibiting teachers from sharing “personal titles and pronouns” that do not correspond to their biological sex.
Vary is a biological female, married to a man, who told the Orlando Sentinel that she just began identifying as “nonbinary” this year.
The teacher received a written directive on September 15 saying that the proper courtesy titles she could use are limited to Ms., Mrs., or Miss.
After refusing to correct her title, Vary was fired on October 24.
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