Teacher Appeals After UK Banned Him from Teaching in Preferred Pronoun Kerfuffle

A Christian math teacher, who was barred from teaching in the United Kingdom after he was found guilty of “misgendering” a biologically female student who identified as a boy, has appealed his expulsion from the teaching profession.  

Joshua Sutcliffe, 33, was banned by the Teaching Regulation Authority (TRA) in May of 2023, according to The Daily Mail. 

Supported by the Christian Legal Centre, Sutcliffe has appealed the authority’s decision following the U.K. government’s transgender guidelines published in December. 

“No teacher or pupil should be compelled to use these preferred pronouns and it should not prevent teachers from referring to children collectively as ‘girls’ or ‘boys,’ even in the presence of a child that has been allowed to change their pronouns,” Section 6.3 of the draft guidance states. 

Sutcliffe’s attorneys have appealed the TRA’s ruling to the High Court and are pursuing a Judicial Review of the decision to ban him, according to the Christian Legal Centre. 

As CBN News reported in December 2017, Sutcliffe complimented two female students for doing a good job by saying, “Well done girls.” One of the students preferred to be considered a boy and took offense at the teacher’s words.

At the time, the school

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