Mick Hartley

I almost can't believe I'm typing this. A 5th grade gender-nonbinary teacher in Tumwater, WA, did not want to teach the 10-year-old son of a conservative school board member, citing safety concerns. Mx. TJ Thornton requested the school craft a policy to "help mitigate the… pic.twitter.com/1ut6uS8AYX

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