Trans teacher must misgender herself in classroom, US court rules

A federal court has ruled that a trans teacher must misgender herself while at work, in a major blow for trans rights in Florida.

A divided federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday (2 June) that Floridian school teacher, Katie Wood, must refrain from using ‘she’, ‘her’, and ‘hers’ pronouns to describe herself while teaching in the state.

In a 2-1 decision, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals chose to overturn a preliminary injunction that blocked a 2023 extension to the state’s infamous ‘Dont Say Gay’ law, which forbids discussion of gender and sexuality in public schools.

The extension aimed to force trans teachers to misgender themselves while teaching in public schools, but was temporarily blocked in 2024 by state judge Mark Walker, who argued it was “substantially likely” that the

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