A conservative hair salon that vows “not to cater to woke ideologies” has pledged to turn away any potential customer who does not identify as either a man or a woman, triggering opposition from local LGBT activists and fueling online debate. The Traverse City-based Studio 8 Hair Lab said in a now-deleted post on Facebook that, as…

A teacher has been banned from his profession for misgendering a pupil in a case thought to be the first of its kind in the UK. Joshua Sutcliffe was struck off by the Teacher’s Regulation Authority (TRA) for “unprofessional conduct” and “bringing the profession into disrepute’ over refusing to use a pupil’s preferred pronouns. A…

A primary school teacher sacked after refusing to use an eight-year-old child’s trans pronouns has said her only intention was to safeguard the pupil. The teacher from England, who can’t be named to protect the child’s identity, told The Epoch Times she had raised concerns about the potential damage social transition could have on the…

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court’s ruling that it was lawful for a school district in Indiana to fire a music teacher who refused to call students by their preferred gender pronouns and names. John Kluge, a former music theory and orchestra teacher at Brownsburg High School, was ordered in 2017…

A Michigan health care system is accused of wrongfully firing a health care worker who held “religious beliefs about gender and sexuality that are contrary to its agenda,” a federal lawsuit says. As The Epoch Times reported last week, former physician assistant Valerie Kloosterman had attempted to avoid suing her former employer, University of Michigan Health-West…

A federal judge in Texas has issued a ruling that prevents federal mandates from imposing pronouns and unisex bathrooms on employers. In State of Texas v Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Matthew Kacsmaryk, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas in Amarillo, declared the March 2, 2021 U.S. Department of Health and Human…

After longtime physician assistant Valerie Kloosterman disclosed her religious beliefs about gender identity, a diversity program leader called her “evil,” her lawyers say. Shortly thereafter, Kloosterman’s employer fired her, despite her unblemished 17-year record of conscientious patient care at a clinic. Kloosterman’s attorneys are asking the University of Michigan Health-West (UMH-West) to reinstate her, grant a religious…

A British maths teacher claims he was sacked after refusing to affirm a teenage pupil’s gender identity because he wanted to first obtain permission from the student’s parents. Maths teacher Kevin Lister is taking legal action against his former employers, claiming unfair dismissal. Lister said he was dismissed by his college in England on Sept….

In kindergarten, Erin Brewer was a girl, but when she started first grade, she considered herself a boy. “I was insistent, persistent, and consistent that I was a boy, when I started first grade,” Brewer said during a panel discussion titled “Loving People Affected by Transgender Ideology From Beginning to End,” at the Pray Vote…

An Irish evangelical Christian schoolteacher who was jailed for breaching a court order following his refusal to use gender-neutral pronouns, has had his bid to prevent the school from continuing his suspension rejected by a judge. On Sept. 5, Enoch Burke was jailed after he defied a restraining order that ensued from a dispute with…