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Alert: Sixth Circuit Upholds School District’s Prohibition on Intentional Misgendering

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Alert: Sixth Circuit Upholds School District’s Prohibition on Intentional Misgendering

In Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District, the Sixth Circuit upheld an Ohio school district’s policies, which prohibited intentional use of non-preferred pronouns, against a free speech challenge. This ruling will have important implications not only for districts with similar anti-harassment requirements, but also for administrators interested in the parameters of student free speech. […]