Florida judge rules school has to temporarily allow transgender teacher to use preferred pronouns

A Florida judge temporarily blocked a pronoun rule from being enforced against 1 nonbinary and 2 transgender teachers this week.

"Once again, nan State of Florida has a First Amendment problem," Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker wrote successful nan impermanent injunction. "Of late, it has happened truthful frequently, immoderate mightiness opportunity you tin group your timepiece by it."

"This time, nan State of Florida declares that it has nan absolute authority to redefine your personality if you take to thatch successful a nationalist school," nan opinion, released Tuesday, continued. "So, nan mobility earlier this Court is whether nan First Amendment permits nan State to dictate, without limitation, really public-school teachers mention to themselves erstwhile communicating to students. The reply is simply a thunderous ‘no.’"

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Two trans teachers and 1 nonbinary coach revenge a suit successful December complete nan state's Parental Rights successful Education Act – which opponents person called nan "Don't Say Gay" measure – that restricts teachers and educators from utilizing pronouns that don't align pinch their biologic sex. 

Walker granted Katie Wood, 1 of nan trans teachers, a impermanent injunction, arguing successful nan ineligible sentiment that nan rule violates nan First Amendment. The injunction does not reverse nan rule for everyone completely. Only Wood will beryllium allowed an objection to nan rule, since students called nan coach "Ms." anterior to nan 2023 law. After nan rule went into effect, students called Wood "Teacher Wood," alternatively of "Mr.," which Wood claimed was stigmatizing. 

"Katie Wood is simply a transgender female who is known astatine schoolhouse – indeed, successful each facet of her life – arsenic ‘Ms. Wood.’ She uses she/her pronouns to mention to herself and would for illustration that others do arsenic well," Walker wrote. "AV Schwandes is nonbinary and is known arsenic ‘Mx. Schwandes.' Mx. Schwandes uses they/them pronouns to mention to themself and would for illustration that others do arsenic well."

However, nan judge did not reason nan different 2 teachers "demonstrated a likelihood of success" successful their allegations that nan rule violated their rights.

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"In short, Mx. Schwandes has not travel guardant pinch immoderate grounds showing that they intend to prosecute successful reside successful nan foreseeable early that would violate" nan law, Walker wrote.

Woods based on successful nan suit that nan rule is discrimanatory connected nan ground of activity and violates nan adjacent protection clause, Title VII of nan Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Title IX of nan acquisition amendments of 1972. 

"I americium hopeful that this ruling will promote those who consciousness powerless to guidelines up for themselves," Wood said successful a statement. "Where location is pain, location is power. And thing tin hap erstwhile bully group guidelines up together."

The 3 plaintiffs' lawyers said successful a connection nan ruling "sends a strong, affirmative connection to trans and nonbinary educators that their title and their personality are not mutually exclusive."

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At nan time, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis expanded a 2022 acquisition rule that prohibited LGBTQ+ program to see a prohibition connected teachers and students utilizing their preferred pronouns that do not align pinch their sex, saying nan Sunshine State will not beryllium doing "the pronoun Olympics." 

DeSantis added teachers and students successful Florida will "never beryllium forced to state pronouns successful schoolhouse aliases beryllium forced to usage pronouns not based connected biologic sex."