Florida teacher told a transgender girl to either identify as a man or leave his class

A teacher at Sandalwood High School in Jacksonville, Florida, reportedly offered a transgender student a strongly-worded ultimatum: use male pronouns or switch classes.

The emails, which were reposted on Facebook and first reported by First Coast News, were aimed at an unidentified transgender student. The email chain began with a request by the student for her instructor, Sandalwood math teacher Thomas Caggiano, to refer to her with female pronouns. Caggiano refused.

«I will NOT refer to you with female pronouns», Caggiano wrote. «If this is not acceptable for you, change classes. I will call you by any reasonable name you like, but the pronouns are not a negotiable thing for me».