John Kluge (above), a transphobic music teacher in Indiana who resigned after refusing to call trans students by their preferred names, has settled his lawsuit against his former school district pocketing $650,000.
John Kluge refused to call transgender students by their preferred first names. Now he made six figures in a settlement. https://t.co/ZuwxZP4yvg
— The Advocate (@TheAdvocateMag) March 4, 2026
From The Advocate:
Orchestra teacher John Kluge sued the Brownsburg Community School Corporation after being fired in 2018 for refusing to comply with the district’s preferred name policy, according to the Indianapolis Star.
Kluge had refused to comply with a policy, first implemented in 2017, that required teachers to use students’ names in an official school database. The database included preferred names for transgender students.
Initially, Kluge referred to all students by last name, but when the district said he needed to use their first names, he resigned rather than show that basic level of respect.
I seriously can’t understand what the big deal is to call someone by the name they want.
It comes as no surprise that the loathsome, anti-LGBTQ conservative legal group Alliance Defending Freedom took up Kluge’s cause and negotiated the six-figure settlement.
The former teacher was pushed to resign when he refused to call transgender students by their preferred names and pronouns, saying it went against his beliefs as a Christian. https://t.co/35j2JOZgyu
— WRTV Indianapolis (@wrtv) March 5, 2026
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