Transgender Student Faces Bullying at a High School in Rome

Published on April 22, 2026 | Translated from Spanish

The Flc Cgil union has denounced a case of school bullying at the Liceo Aristofane in Rome. A teacher systematically refuses to use the correct male name and pronouns of a transgender student. The young man's mother recounts that her son suffers daily since he came out in October. The union criticizes that this attitude fosters a climate of exclusion and demands that the school administration guarantee a respectful and inclusive environment for all students. 🏫

A transgender student, isolated in a classroom, while a teacher points at him disdainfully.

The 'Alias Career' as an Identity Validation Protocol 📋

In the educational field, the implementation of the alias career functions as an identity validation protocol. It is an administrative procedure that allows the registration and use of the name chosen by a trans person in all internal documents of the institution. Its adoption is a basic requirement for inclusion, similar to how an operating system manages user profiles with specific permissions and data. The Flc Cgil points out that the high school has not implemented this protocol and commits to working towards its activation, a fundamental technical step to protect the dignity of the student body.

When the Bug in the System is the Teacher 🐛

It seems that in this high school they have a compatibility problem between hardware and software. The hardware, the student, works perfectly with his updated identity. The software, the coexistence regulations, theoretically supports inclusion. But there is a conflicting driver, the teacher, who refuses to accept the new data and causes constant system errors. Instead of updating her drivers with a bit of training, she insists on forcing an obsolete configuration, generating emotional blue screens daily. A clear case of user error with administrator privileges.