'Beloved' Florida teacher loses job for calling trans student by preferred name: reports

A teacher in Florida is being dismissed for referring to a transgender student by their preferred name, according to reporting.

The Washington Post reports that Brevard County teacher Melissa Calhoun has been dismissed for allegedly violating a state law that prohibits teachers from referring to students by anything but the name given by their parents without getting their parents' permission.

"One of the student’s parents complained to the school district, which investigated the matter," writes that Post.