I'd be fine. LGBT is not contagious. My gay friend had the best quote, "I had a lot of straight teachers and they didn't make me straight."

Fine at any age.

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I would be fine with it at any age.

I would be particularly happy if my child's school had transgender staff at the preschool and high school levels. At the preschool level, kids are exploring identity, they're learning to accept and to make their own decisions about who they like and don't like. So, providing them access to a wide diversity of people is important to me. At the high school level, so many young adults are struggling with identity. Again, having adults in the building that they can turn to is really important, so the diversity of the HS staff is particularly important to me.

But there is no age at which it would bother me.

I wonder if you'd feel the same way if your 4 year old tells you they want to change genders, too, just like the teacher.

I wouldn't care- but beyond that- the odds are so slim that I'm not spending time worrying about the possibility.

I would be fine with it at any age.

I would be particularly happy if my child's school had transgender staff at the preschool and high school levels. At the preschool level, kids are exploring identity, they're learning to accept and to make their own decisions about who they like and don't like. So, providing them access to a wide diversity of people is important to me. At the high school level, so many young adults are struggling with identity. Again, having adults in the building that they can turn to is really important, so the diversity of the HS staff is particularly important to me.

But there is no age at which it would bother me.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are 8 and 9. It is fine with me at any age (Kinder - 12) as long as they are a good teacher.

My daughter is 5 and I agree with this. Depending on the person's appearance/phase of transition, I'm not sure she would even notice anything. If the person's status was openly known, I would just have a simple talk with her about gender and answer any questions she has.

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Anonymous wrote:Not at all for elementary.

Fine with older students if it is post transition.

Not okay in any age group pre or during transition.

This is me as well. The conversation to explain this to my six year old is too mature for her age bracket. Rather than confuse her, which would be unfair to her impressionable mind, I'd rather the transgendered teacher (presumably a mature adult, as opposed to an immature child) have some empathy and respect, and stay away from young children.

How about "do you know how you look like a girl and know you are a girl? Well some people who look like a girl are born feeling like they are a boy (or who look like a boy are born feeling like they are a girl. Mr. X was born like that, so he dresses like a girl so how he looks on the outside matches how he feels on the inside. Everyone is different and that's ok." I had to have this conversation my kids because one of the kids we know is transgender. I told them we should accept people with the differences because we all or different in our own way. It's not been an issue since then. It doesn't even come up. Kids are more accepting of differences and only become judgmental when they are taught by our society to be that way.

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Anonymous wrote:What a ridiculous question. Of course I would be fine with it. I'm not a bigot.

Actually, it sounds as if you are from your post.

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

10 year old. I'd be fine with it.

Anonymous wrote:What a ridiculous question. Of course I would be fine with it. I'm not a bigot.

Actually, it sounds as if you are from your post.

I would be fine with it at any age. High school kids would talk more amongst themselves but honestly it's none of our business. Younger children may not notice if the person has already transitioned. When my child was in preschool he innocently insisted his teacher was a man. She was a more masculine female, who was definitely female with children, and married to a man.

Fine with it for my 7 year old twins, think any age is fine.

What is really so hard to explain about it? Mr. Jones was born as a man, but always felt like he was really a woman, so now he's going to be a woman. Kids will ask age-appropriate questions and you answer them in a straight forward manner, just like questions about sex. We're the ones who make it all complicated and messy, not the kids.

What a ridiculous question. Of course I would be fine with it. I'm not a bigot.

Chalk up another for fine at any age. Even if they are transitioning. I think it's a great lesson for any age (adults included) that you should always be true to yourself.