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Transgender Teacher Gets $60k After Co-Workers Won’t Call Her ‘They’
dailycaller ^ | May 23, 2016 | Blake Neff

Posted on 05/24/2016 8:21:50 AM PDT by PROCON

A “transmasculine” teacher at an Oregon elementary school has been awarded $60,000 by her school district as compensation for harassment she claims to have suffered on the job, including being referred to by the wrong pronoun.

According to The Oregonian, Leo Soell was born a woman, but now prefers to identify as “transmasculine” and “genderqueer,” meaning she does not consider herself to be male or female. After getting breast cancer in late 2014, she had her breasts amputated to create a more masculine appearance and changed her name to Leo. Once she returned from medical school in May, 2015, Soell was fully public with her gender-neutral identity.

Once she returned to work, Soell claims she fell victim to relentless harassment from her co-workers. She says employees persisted in calling her hurtful terms like “Miss Soell,” “lady,” and “she.” If a student asked Soell’s sex, she says she was ordered to reply it was a private matter not suitable for discussion at school.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education
KEYWORDS: arth; children; freaks; homosexualagenda; oregon; schools; transgenders
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To: RansomOttawa

Yes, basic grammar is another victim of this utter nonsense.


81 posted on 05/24/2016 1:14:39 PM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: FamiliarFace

I went to Google Image and searched for Leo Soell. Then I looked for a gal who would be about the same age and shape of face as Leo, clicked on the picture and went to View Page. Sure enough, it was another article about this same tranny teacher, and it had both before and after pictures and revealed her original name, Brina Soell.


82 posted on 05/24/2016 1:38:57 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Mater et Magistra.)
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To: PROCON

Just call people XX or XY.

83 posted on 05/24/2016 1:45:31 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Could you find that article again? I think the photo has been removed from any article. I tried searching the way you suggested and haven’t seen one with the before photo yet.


84 posted on 05/24/2016 1:48:05 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: FamiliarFace
I think this'll get you there:

https://www.google.com.bz/search?q=leo+soell&biw=512&bih=308&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwi1gYnzyfPMAhWDLSYKHd9RClAQ_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=leo+soell+brina&imgrc=6wavITPnVR4j3M%3A

85 posted on 05/24/2016 1:48:27 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Mater et Magistra.)
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To: FamiliarFace
Looks like the original article itself has been removed. But the picture still shows up on Google Images.

Cut and paste:

https://www.google.com.bz/search?q=leo+soell&biw=512&bih=308&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwi1gYnzyfPMAhWDLSYKHd9RClAQ_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=leo+soell+brina&imgrc=6wavITPnVR4j3M%3A

86 posted on 05/24/2016 1:51:07 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Mater et Magistra.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I’ve seen the photo on Google images, but for the life of me, I can’t see these as being the same person. The ears look different. I see no dimples when “it” smiles. There are some resemblances, but I checked on FB, too. If you search Brina Soell there, you will come up with a few sisters, none of whom look like the before photo and all have strong resemblances in the face to the after one. This is just my opinion. You may be quite right, but I wonder why the Internet took down the “before” photo. Wrong person?


87 posted on 05/24/2016 2:28:47 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: FamiliarFace
Uh-oh. Now I'm not sure if that was Brina's picture or not.

Couldn't find a fer-sure Brina pic, but I did come across this article in the Times (Portland) and it looks like --- well, see for yourself --- if not medical malpractice, then maybe medical "mishandling". She was on high doses of estrogen hormones for some reason as a teen, and then got breast cancer, which can be an estrogen-triggered condition. Then, double mastectomy.

Then with no breasts and a drastic drop in estrogen, she thinks she's "really" masculine? Surprise?

http://portlandtribune.com/ttt/89-news/269482-144048-they-them-their-a-story-of-transition-in-portlands-transgender-community

88 posted on 05/24/2016 2:45:32 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Mater et Magistra.)
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To: FamiliarFace
I now think I was mistaken about the pic. I've been mousing all over the Net and I can't find a picture of Brina.

Sorry for my error.

89 posted on 05/24/2016 2:47:14 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Mater et Magistra.)
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To: chaosagent

‘they’ had ‘they’ breasts amputated

sounds like ebonics...


90 posted on 05/24/2016 2:54:51 PM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: PROCON

Wow. It is offended when people use respectful titles.

This is nuts.


91 posted on 05/24/2016 3:09:09 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who dies)
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To: PROCON

So if you don’t go along with her delusions, you get fined?
Just who is running this asylum here?
I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t believe these people are being harassed. They do the harassing and then comes the payday. What sick, demented people. Get some help.


92 posted on 05/24/2016 3:58:04 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: PROCON

Just parenthetically, this character teaches the kids in Oregon Psychopathology and How to Acquire/Profit From It.


93 posted on 05/24/2016 4:03:28 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Mrs. Don-o

No problem. The two people just didn’t look enough alike to me. I would be very surprised if it turns out that is her real before photo.


94 posted on 05/24/2016 4:24:57 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Wow, after looking at that photo, she reminds me of Ellen Degeneres and her attempts to dress and look like a 16 year old boy.........


95 posted on 05/24/2016 4:35:14 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (#HillaryForPrison-2016)
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To: PROCON

LGBTWhatever is the new victim group Money Hustle. Use the court system to sue & finance your lifestyle.


96 posted on 05/24/2016 11:32:32 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: Mrs. Don-o

In her before picture, she looks like a pretty and healthy young lady. She looks very thin and sickly in the after photo. I would feel sorry for her if she hadn’t sued. Many women must make the same choice in order to survive. Apparently, this woman thinks that, as a result, she now has no gender. In a saner world, she would be receiving psychiatric help.


97 posted on 05/25/2016 6:13:29 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Tired of Taxes

I agree. The very fact that people are now legally obliged to affirm and enable her delusion, makes it all the more difficult for her to ever get the help she needs.


98 posted on 05/25/2016 6:46:20 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("All times are dangerous times." - St. Teresa of Avila)
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