Here’s what that means for classmates of a student presenting at school as transgendered. A school cannot mandate that other children “mis-sex” a gender-dysphoric student. In other words, a pupil cannot be forced to call a boy a girl, or refer to a boy as a “she” or “her.” Nor can a school insist that pupils celebrate a “gender-reveal” or “coming out” of a gender-dysphoric classmate through applause or other affirming behavior.

Additionally, teachers may not require students to believe the transgender lessons taught in school or to profess such a belief in classroom discussions, on examinations, or otherwise. If instructors test students on theories of gender identity, students would be well within their rights to annotate questions or responses to make them accurate. To illustrate, if a teacher posed this question: “What pronoun should you use to refer to a transgender man?” A student could response with a caveat, along these lines: “You told the class to refer to a transgender man with masculine pronouns.”

Similarly, schools cannot require students to identify themselves as “gender-normative” or by a term such as “cisgender.”