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Trans teacher in Texas resigns after online attacks: ‘I’m heartbroken’ (www.theguardian.com)
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A trans teacher at a Texas high school has resigned after becoming the target of conservative backlash and online attacks.

Rosie Sandri came out as a trans woman about seven months ago. Her colleagues at Red Oak high school and the Red Oak independent school district were very supportive, she recalled to NBC News.

Sandri posted videos speaking about her life as a trans woman and teacher on TikTok. Last week, the rightwing social media account Libs of TikTok posted one of Sandri’s TikTok videos in which she talks about “gender euphoria”.

“They call me ma’am. They call me miss. They use my correct pronouns and know my correct name, and it is incredibly affirming,” she said in the TikTok video describing her positive experiences with her students.

In the post, Libs of TikTok deadnamed and also misgendered her.

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[–] Powderhorn 10 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

This is about the best one can hope for in Texas.

[–] Butterbee 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

My heart is literally breaking for the folks down there. :(

[–] longjohnjohnson@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

There's a lot more liberals there than you'd think, but they assume they're outnumbered by conservatives.

They're wrong, but that's how voter suppression works

[–] knightly@pawb.social 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I feel so lucky to have gotten out of that hellhole in time..

[–] Powderhorn 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I've been working on it since late 2019.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Good luck!

When I can finally get stable I'm going to start pitching in with the rainbow railroad or something.

[–] Powderhorn 4 points 15 hours ago

Oh, I'm perfectly safe as a White cismale; it's the environment in all meanings of the word. I'll hit a decade if I'm still here in May, and I don't want to do so. I'll be going to a regional burn at the end of April that I think is what's keeping me here. I of course need a couple of other miracles, but that's what burns are for.