A North Carolina Republican lawmaker says it “may be time” to introduce legislation that would require public school employees to wear what she describes as “gender-appropriate professional attire”, after raising concerns over the hiring of a transgender teacher in the Wake County Public School System. Email address required Must be valid email Register By registering you agree to our Privacy Policy Thanks for registering! While she did not publicly identify the school or the teacher involved, Paré said she had contacted Wake County school officials and suggested that existing employee dress code policies do not adequately address the issue. Democratic State Rep. Julia Greenfield also criticised Paré’s comments in a Facebook post, accusing her colleague of implying that a transgender teacher poses a danger to children solely because of their identity. Public officials should be careful not to fuel fear or suspicion about an individual without facts to support it,” Greenfield wrote.