Jailed teacher’s submissions against High Court rejection of his challenge to inclusion of ASTI general secretary on disciplinary appeals panel heard at Court of Appeal
has claimed in the Court of Appeal that teachers around the country are being “told to bow down” to instructions to only use “they” rather than “he/she” when referring to transgender students.He was making submissions as part of his appeal against the High Court’s rejection of his challenge to the composition of a disciplinary appeals panel set up to consider his dismissal from his teaching post in Wilson’s Hospital School, Westmeath.
The High Court found there was “not even a starting point” to Mr Burke’s claim that Mr Christie has been a “promoter of transgenderism” since 2016. It further came from the ASTI’s membership of the “radical” Children’s Rights Alliance which Mr Burke said in 2018 made a “very disturbing recommendation” that legislation should be introduced allowing children over 16 to change their gender without their parents’ consent.
Mr Burke also told the court that as a result of instructions on how to address transgender students, teachers are “afraid to exercise their right to expression” and are in fear of doing so.Mr Lyons, for the panel, said the ASTI has not taken a position on what demand is to be made of a particular teacher or where there is conscientious objection.
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