The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held . . . that public universities cannot compel professors to respect student pronoun preferences. Per the court, such speech is protected under the First Amendment, particularly if pronoun preferences go against a professor’s religious or philosophical beliefs.
This decision comes amidst a wave of transgender-rights cases currently ongoing across the US. Alabama is on track to pass a bill that would make providing any gender-affirming treatment for transgender youth a felony. Several states are also considering or have recently passed bills that would prohibit transgender youth from playing school sports on teams that align with their gender identity.
YESSS!!! The crack between the brickwork. Such a right must be extended to all – and then the mortar holding this ideology together will (hopefully) begin to crumble. There is no cement to hold the grains of sand together.