Iowa music teacher says school board denied him a job because he is transgender

Iowa music teacher says school board denied him a job because he is transgender

A transgender teacher in Tabor, Iowa, says he was discriminated against after the school board voted to not hire him days before the school year begins.Ace Rios accepted a job offer in July to teach music at Fremont-Mills High School in Tabor, Iowa. But on Thursday, Rios says the district superintendent and secondary principal told him he would not be able to start teaching at the school this year.The school board voted on whether to hire Rios W…