An 18-year-old transgender student
suffered discrimination at a Rome high school after a teacher
refused to recognise his male gender recently, gay groups said
Thursday calling for action by the school authorities and
education ministry.
Gay Centre called for "immediate investigations and possible
disciplinary measures" against the male teacher, who reportedly
told the young man "I have a woman in front of me, I don't care
about the rule" whereby the student was allowed to pursue his
'alias' identity and courses.
Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara vowed action saying
"school is the place par excellence devoted to the development
and realization of the human person and cannot obviously admit
inside it any form of discrimination".
The incident happened at the Liceo Cavour classical high school.
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