A Southeast Kootenay teacher has been suspended after reprimanding students for cross-dressing.

According to a decision from the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulations, in December 2016 a group of grade 11 and 12 students decided to dress as members of the opposite sex, in support of another student who identifies as LGBT.

The decision said that Tami Lynn Chechotko, who had been teaching since 1992 and currently works in School District 5, questioned the motives of students, and likened their actions to cultural appropriation.

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