Overview

• Senator Katharina Günther-Wünsch told the state parliament she withheld comment to avoid misrepresenting a case she described as complex and evolving.
• She cited a clear divergence between the teacher’s public claims of homophobic abuse and the versions submitted to school leadership and education authorities.
• An internal complaints office reviewed the matter under the General Equal Treatment Act and concluded there was no discrimination based on the teacher’s gender or sexual identity.
• The school headmaster’s transfer was part of a routine selection process initiated before the allegations emerged, not a reaction to the controversy.
• The SPD parliamentary group argues this incident reflects systemic leadership and oversight failures in Berlin schools and is demanding strengthened protections for staff and students.