French teacher Peter Vlaming filed a $1 million suit against the West Point School Board after his employer fired him for not using a student's pronouns.

The ongoing First Amendment legal battle stretches back to 2018, when teacher Peter Vlaming met with a trans student and said he would not use male pronouns to refer to the student because doing so would violate Vlaming’s religious beliefs, according to court filings.

A West Point High School French teacher, Peter Vlaming, said he could not in “good conscience” use male pronouns. Instead, he said he would avoid using pronouns in addressing the

Former French teacher Peter Vlaming sued the school after his firing, alleging his constitutional right to speak freely and exercise his religion was violated.

Teacher Peter Vlaming, fired for not using a student’s preferred personal pronouns, wins a $575,000 settlement after a lengthy legal battle.

The teacher, Peter Vlaming, filed suit against the district along with Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), arguing his termination was a violation of his religious beliefs.

Peter Vlaming, a former French teacher at West Point High School, filed a lawsuit in 2019 after he was fired for discriminating against a student by refusing to use his pronouns.

Former French teacher Peter Vlaming sued the school after his firing, alleging his constitutional right to speak freely and exercise his religion was violated.

A Virginia school board has agreed to pay $575,000 in a settlement to a former high school teacher who was fired after he refused to use a transgender student’s pronouns, according to the advocacy group that filed the suit.