Children attend New Country Pride Camp for LGBTQ youth in New York. (NBC)
Two trans teachers and one nonbinary teacher filed a lawsuit in December over the state's Parental Rights in Education Act – which opponents have called the "Don't Say Gay" bill – that restricts teachers and educators from using pronouns that don't align with their biological sex.
Walker granted Katie Wood, one of the trans teachers, a temporary injunction, arguing in the legal opinion that the law violates the First Amendment. The injunction does not reverse the law for everyone completely. Only Wood will be allowed an exception to the rule, since students called the teacher "Ms." prior to the 2023 law. After the law went into effect, students called Wood "Teacher Wood," instead of "Mr.," which Wood claimed was stigmatizing.
"Katie Wood is a transgender woman who is known at school – indeed, in every aspect of her life – as ‘Ms. Wood.’ She uses she/her pronouns to refer to herself and would prefer that others do as well," Walker wrote. "AV Schwandes is nonbinary and is known as ‘Mx. Schwandes.' Mx. Schwandes uses they/them pronouns to refer to themself and would prefer that others do as well."
However, the judge did not conclude the other two teachers "demonstrated a likelihood of success" in their allegations that the law violated their rights.
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DeSantis speaks at a press conference at the close of Florida’s 2023 legislative session.
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At the time, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis expanded a 2022 educational law that prohibited LGBTQ+ curriculum to include a ban on teachers and students using their preferred pronouns that do not align with their sex, saying the Sunshine State will not be doing "the pronoun Olympics."
DeSantis added teachers and students in Florida will "never be forced to declare pronouns in school or be forced to use pronouns not based on biological sex."
Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
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