Florida teachers sue over preferred pronouns law

Nonbinary Florida Teacher Sues State After Firing Over ‘Mx’ Honorific

Two other plaintiffs are also suing the state over a law that bans teachers from addressing their gender identity on the job.

Transgender Teachers In Florida Sue Over Pronoun Law

Transgender Teachers In Florida Sue Over Pronoun Law Two teachers in Florida and one former educator filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Education on Wednesday, challenging a new law restricting transgender teachers from using pronouns that match their chosen gender identity. The law, which took effect on July 1, "pushed one plaintiff out of their teaching career and threatens to do the same for the other plaintiffs — and for the ot…

Teachers challenge personal pronoun law with federal lawsuit

Three teachers on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit alleging a new state law restricting titles and pronouns at schools unconstitutionally discriminates against transgender and nonbinary educators.The lawsuit is the latest challenge to a series of measures, championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature, that have targeted transgender children and adults and other LGBTQ people.The case focuses on a part of a …

Ruskin teacher sues to block Florida law restricting pronoun use in schools

Related video above: ‘A charade of political theater’ - Sarasota school board member responds to Ziegler controversy TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- A Ruskin high school teacher is one of three Florida educators challenging a state law requiring people to use pronouns and titles that match their sex assigned at birth. The federal lawsuit was filed on behalf of three transgender and nonbinary teachers and seeks an injunction to prevent the state from enfo…

Florida teachers sue over preferred pronouns law

Three Florida teachers filed a lawsuit against the state on Wednesday for its law banning teachers from using their preferred pronouns in school that the plaintiffs argue violate their constitutional rights. The lawsuit takes issue with subsection three of the Florida statutes that went into effect in July. This subsection states that any public school…

Florida teachers sue over law banning use of preferred pronouns

Three teachers in Florida on Wednesday sued the state over its law prohibiting transgender and nonbinary teachers from using their preferred pronouns in school, saying it violates their constitutional rights. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Florida's capital, Tallahassee, says the state law is designed "to stigmatize and demonize transgender and nonbinary people" and deprives them of the equal protection of the law guaranteed by the US Con…