{"id":544165,"date":"2021-05-28T12:35:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T16:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=544165"},"modified":"2021-05-28T12:35:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T16:35:35","slug":"teacher-who-said-boys-cant-be-girls-reportedly-put-on-administrative-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teacher-who-said-boys-cant-be-girls-reportedly-put-on-administrative-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Who Said Boys Can\u2019t Be Girls Reportedly Put On Administrative Leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fteacher-who-said-boys-cant-be-girls-reportedly-put-on-administrative-leave%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=544165&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Loudoun-County-VA-Teacher-Tanner-Cross-speaks-at-a-school-board-meeting-about-gender-pronouns-YoutubeScreenshotThe-Blue-Oak-Project-scaled-e1622218166438.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Virginia elementary school gym teacher who told the school board he would not \u201caffirm that a biological boy can be a girl and vice versa\u201d has since been placed on administrative leave.<\/p>\n<p>During the Tuesday Loudoun County school board meeting, Byron \u201cTanner\u201d Cross said he could not, in accordance with his religious beliefs, tell <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/25\/doctor-transgender-surgery-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">students<\/a> who are biological boys that they are girls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy name is Tanner Cross and I am speaking out of love for those who suffer with gender dysphoria,\u201d Cross said.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/27\/usa-today-female-biological-males-sports-transgender-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: USA Today Removed Word \u2018Male\u2019 From Female Athlete\u2019s Op-Ed On Biological Males In Girl\u2019s Sports, Calling The Term \u2018Hurtful\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u201960 Minutes\u2019 this past Sunday interviewed over 30 young people who transitioned but they felt led astray because lack of pushback or how easy it was to make physical changes to their bodies in just three months,\u201d Cross said. \u201cThey are now detransitioning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not my intention to hurt anyone, but there are certain truths that we must face when ready. We condemn school policies [that] would damage children, defile the holy image of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Loudoun County teacher put on administrative leave after speaking to the school board.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1NLAQ3H_a28?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love all of my students but I will never lie to them regardless of the consequences. I\u2019m a teacher but I serve God first and I will not affirm that a biological boy can be a girl and vice versa because it\u2019s against my religion. It\u2019s lying to a child, it\u2019s abuse to a child, and it\u2019s sinning against our God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cross has since been placed on administrative leave, Loudoun County Public Schools information officer Wayde B. Byard said in a statement to the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>In an email to parents at the Leesburg Elementary school, Principal Shawn Lacey said \u201cI\u2019m contacting you to let you know that one of our physical education teachers, Tanner Cross, is on leave beginning this morning. In his absence, his duties will be covered by substitute staff already working in our building,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/virginia-teacher-leave-gender-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted you to know this because it may affect your student\u2019s school routine,\u201d Lacey\u2019s email continued, according to Fox News. \u201cBecause this involves a personnel matter, I can offer no further information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lacey did not make the decision to put Cross on leave, spokesman Wayde Byard told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Cross was referring to <a href=\"https:\/\/loudounnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Draft-POLICY_-8040-Rights-of-Transgender-Students-5-6-21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">policy 8040<\/a> which ordered Loudoun staff to use preferred pronouns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLCPS staff shall allow gender-expansive or transgender students to use their chosen name and gender pronouns that reflect their gender identity without any substantiating evidence, regardless of the name and gender recorded in the student\u2019s permanent educational record,\u201d the policy reads. \u201cSchool staff shall\u2026 use the name and pronoun that correspond to their gender identity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Virginia elementary school gym teacher who told the school board he would not \u201caffirm that a biological boy can be a girl and vice versa\u201d has since been placed &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313393,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Loudoun-County-VA-Teacher-Tanner-Cross-speaks-at-a-school-board-meeting-about-gender-pronouns-YoutubeScreenshotThe-Blue-Oak-Project-scaled-e1622218166438.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Teacher Who Said Boys Can\u2019t Be Girls Reportedly Put On Administrative Leave","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Loudoun-County-VA-Teacher-Tanner-Cross-speaks-at-a-school-board-meeting-about-gender-pronouns-YoutubeScreenshotThe-Blue-Oak-Project-scaled-e1622218166438.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Teacher Who Said Boys Can\u2019t Be Girls Reportedly Put On Administrative Leave","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}