Lawsuit: Teacher 'Manipulated' Fifth Grader into Becoming Transgender

A New York teacher “forced” and “manipulated” a fifth-grade student into becoming transgender, causing suicidal ideation, a lawsuit filed against a school district alleges.

Teacher Debra Rosenquist of Terryville Road Elementary School in the Brookhaven-Comsewogue School District was named in the lawsuit, as was the superintendent, Jennifer J. Quinn, and the principal, Annemarie V. Sciove.

The suit, which maintains anonymity for the students and her parents, alleges that a female student was targeted by Rosenquist during the 2021-2022 school year, when the teacher began using male pronouns and a male name for the young student.