An Indiana high school counselor fired for speaking out about the school district’s transgender student policy is now suing the district.
Kathy McCord filed a lawsuit in federal court last week against the South Madison Community Schools Corporation near Indianapolis.
The lawsuit alleges that the school district violated her First Amendment rights by retaliating against her for voicing her disagreement with the district’s “Gender Support Plan.”
McCord, who has spent 37 years in education, was fired from Pendleton Heights High School in March after revealing details about the strategy, which involved concealing a student’s new gender identity from their parents.
Initially, McCord went along with the policy despite her qualms.
“I prayed about it a lot … and I went along with it at that time,” McCord later said.
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