Press Release: Rally for Calhoun
For Immediate Release: Brevard Community Hosts “Stand with Calhoun Rally” Ahead of Key School Board Vote
Comic Sands: FL Teacher Loses Job Using Student’s Preferred Name →
“A Florida community is outraged after a veteran high school teacher was fired for calling a student by their preferred name rather than their legal name.
CBC As It Happens: First Known Dismissal Resulting from the “Nickname Rule”
Interview with Brevard County parent and activist Amy Roub, about Ms. Calhoun’s dismissal. The interview starts at 9:15 into the podcast. (CBC Listen, 4/14/2025)
Florida Today: What does Florida law say on teachers calling students by chosen names? →
In the wake of a Brevard teacher losing her job as a result of using a student’s preferred name without parental consent, questions have arisen about what the Florida law actually says.
The Independent: Florida teacher fired after calling student their ‘preferred name’ without parents’ permission →
A Florida teacher was fired by a school district after she called a pupil by their preferred name without getting permission from their parents.
Truthout: Florida Teacher Loses Job for Using Student’s Chosen Name →
Melissa Calhoun, a public school teacher in Florida, has been informed that her contract will not be renewed after she used a student’s chosen name without parental consent.
Daily Mail: Florida teacher is fired after calling student by their preferred name →
A Florida teacher has been fired after calling a student by their preferred name instead of their legal one
Florida Teacher Loses Job Over Trans Student’s Name, But Community Fights Back →
Brevard County Public Schools quietly dismissed Melissa Calhoun, an AP Literature teacher at Satellite High School in Satellite Beach, Florida, largely behind closed doors. Her crime: calling a supposedly trans student by their name.
People: First Florida Teacher Fired for Using Student’s Preferred Name Without Parental Consent →
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Melissa Calhoun was fired after calling a student a preferred name and did not follow Florida’s “Parental Authorization for Deviation from Student’s Legal Name Form” law
Unilad: Teacher fired from school after calling student by different name ‘without permission’ →
After more than a decade working for a school district, a ‘cherished’ teacher has been sacked following a complaint that she had been illegally referring to her student by a name that was not on the register.