An intersex teacher at a Florida public school was forced to resign, evidently on the false belief that he identifies as transgender, after a parent complained about his presence in the classroom—this according to a complaint filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by the ACLU and the law firm Chanfrau & Chanfrau.
The complaint was submitted on behalf of former St. Johns County School District middle school teacher Shepard Scalf. It alleges the district violated sex-based protections in the federal Civil Rights Act and the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992.
It also appears to have violated the Supreme Court’s interpretation of Bostock v. Clayton County six years ago, in which the Trump-appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch penned a majority opinion declaring that an individual’s LGBTQ status—either real or perceived—“is not relevant to employment decisions.”
“That’s because it is impossible to discriminate against a person for being homosexual or transgender without discriminating against that individual based on sex,” Gorsuch wrote.
Scalf taught Language Arts to 6th- and 7th-graders at Patriot Oaks Academy during the 2025-2026 school year. “The start of a school year is always brimming with promise and excitement, and I was looking forward to continuing my teaching career at Patriot Oaks until I was cornered into resigning,” Scalf said.
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