Steve Dain, an award-winning former high school physical education teacher in Emeryville, California. In 1976, Dain had informed his principal that he would be transitioning genders during the school’s summer vacation, and he asked to be reassigned to teach science rather than girls’ gym. The request was granted, but because of a change in the school’s administration, a new vice principal was unaware of Dain’s plan. During the first day of classes, the administrator panicked when he learned that the new science teacher was none other than the old PE teacher, and he had Dain arrested in his
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