u/grawk1

Just posting because I have recently had the experience of yet another prac student from a very conservative christian background freak out, shut down, and become extremely defensive because I am transgender.

I'm sorry for existing as the sort of person you are not supposed to learn from, but you need to get past that. You are going to encounter students and colleagues unlike you, the sort of people you've been taught to hate, and you'll have to work with us.

Preemptively assuming you have nothing to learn from your supervisor hurts everyone, yourself most of all.

I know this is not the majority of praccys by any measure, but I also know that lots of supervising teachers from marginalised groups will have the same stories and frustration.