Cavour High School: Transphobia Still Recurs. Ministry of Education Intervention Necessary

“I have a woman in front of me, I don't care about the rules”" he heard one of his professors say transgender student at Cavour High School which the school had already recognized for months right to a career alias (an alternative profile on the class register and school documents, which requires the use of the chosen name instead of the registered name). professor Instead, he crossed out the name with which the student had signed his class assignment, continuing to repeat his real name, humiliating him and ignoring the right that the school itself already recognized, knowingly violating it.

Gay Help Line 800.713.713 received notification from High School Students Network and immediately reported the very serious incident to the MIUR, thanks to the protocol that Gay Center has with the Ministry of Education, requesting immediate checks and any timely disciplinary action against the teacher.

Just a few months ago, Cavour High School was at the center of a controversy over the failure to recognize the alias of another transgender student. Over the years, the Gay Help Line 800.713.713 has followed up on serious cases of discrimination and violence at the high school in central Rome: the same institution where he studied. Andrea "the boy with pink pants"“ who took his own life at the age of 15 due to homophobic bullying from classmates and a teacher.

The scientific community has also long been underlining the need for respect gender affirmation paths, including through the correct use of names and pronouns, for the psychological and emotional well-being of all trans people. We cannot allow or accept that incidents of this gravity continue to occur with indifference, especially in places that should be protected, such as schools. Discrimination kills and has nothing to do with opinions or choices: this is why we are asking for’immediate intervention by the Ministry to protect the student and the entire school community of Liceo Cavour and we hope that the management itself will take an immediate stand.