11th Circuit Upholds Miami-Dade’s Firing of Former Media Aide over Anti-LGBTQ Column

Appeals Court rules FL teacher’s ‘personal pronouns’ are not free speech

(ATLANTA) - The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a public school teacher was not entitled to a preliminary injunction against a Florida law which states that “an employee or contractor of a public K-12 educational institution may not…

11th Circuit upholds Miami-Dade’s firing of former media aide over anti-LGBTQ column

Former Miami-Dade media aide John Labriola is no fan of the LGBTQ community, but he just took a big L himself. A federal appeals court this month sided with the county in its 2021 firing of Labriola, ruling that the government’s interest in maintaining an efficient, inclusive workplace outweighed his claim that his free speech and religious rights were violated when he was terminated for writing a transphobic and anti-gay opinion column. In a un…

Trans teacher can be made to keep pronouns quiet, 11th Circuit says

Reversing a district court decision that found the Florida law violated the teacher’s First Amendment rights, the appeals court said her role as a government employee allowed for limitations.

Fla. public school teachers can't demand students, staff use wrong pronouns: Appeals court panel

Public school teachers can no longer demand that staff and students refer to them as the opposite sex, an appeals court has ruled. #Florida #transgender #preferredpronouns #LGBT #education #freespeech

Appeals Court Rules FL Teacher’s Personal Pronouns Are Not Free Speech - The Iowa Standard

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a public school teacher was not entitled to a preliminary injunction against a Florida law which states that “an employee or contractor of a public K-12 educational institution may not provide to a student his or her preferred personal title or pronouns if such preferred personal title or pronouns do not correspond to his or her sex.” The Eleventh Circuit vacated the preliminary injunction and rem…

Transgender teacher likely to fail in First Amendment challenge to Florida pronouns law, 11th Circuit says

A federal appeals court has ruled against a teacher who challenged a Florida law barring K-12 public school employees from communicating their preferred pronouns to students in the classroom if they don’t comport with their sex assigned at birth.