In a landmark victory for academic freedom, the University of Louisville will pay nearly $1.6 million in damages and attorneys’ fees to settle a lawsuit brought by a respected psychiatrist fired for questioning the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones on gender-distressed children.
The payout ends the long-running case of Dr Allan Josephson, a nationally renowned child and adolescent psychiatrist, who was targeted by colleagues and administrators after speaking in a personal capacity at a 2017 Heritage Foundation panel on treatment approaches for gender dysphoria.
Represented by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), Dr Josephson sued the university in 2019, alleging a campaign of harassment and retaliation for voicing mainstream clinical concerns about the increasingly dominant ‘affirmative’ model of transgender care, which urges clinicians to unquestioningly validate a child’s stated gender identity and, where requested, support medical transition.
Source: Professor Fired for Questioning Gender Ideology Wins $1.6 Million Settlement – The Daily Sceptic