Virginia, US: A teacher has filed a lawsuit against his school for placing him on leave for refusing to use âtransgenderâ studentsâ pronouns. During a Leesburg Elementary School board meeting, gym teacher Byron âTannerâ Cross said that he refused to give in to the idea that a person could identify as a different sex from the one they were born. The school board was discussing a policy that would require teachers to call students by their chosen name and pronouns. It is unclear how many teachers supported Crossâs position, but as a religious man, he made his stance clear and said that this policy would âdamageâ the students, and would âdefile the holy image of Godâ.