Teacher barred ‘indefinitely’ after outing transgender pupil in anti-trans tweets

A teacher has been banned “indefinitely” from the classroom after outing a transgender pupil in a series of anti-trans tweets.

A tribunal ruled that Camilla Hannan had created a series of tweets on X/Twitter which mocked safeguarding regulations put in place to protect trans and non-binary pupils. 

She identified the student by name, adding that they were transgender, breaching private medical information without their knowledge or consent. 

The Manchester Evening News reported that Hannan also claimed that autistic pupils were unable to understand the “concept” of gender identity. 

Pupil left feeling ‘betrayed’

After the student, known only as Pupil A, found out about the tweets, they were “’angry, disappointed and upset” as well as “betrayed”. 

Hannan also “repeatedly misgendered” the pupil. In an agreement signed in August, she admitted

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