Wary Eleventh Cir. Mulls Florida Trans Teacher Pronoun Case (1)

A federal appeals court appears divided over whether to affirm a district judge’s order allowing a Florida transgender math teacher to stay employed while challenging a state law barring educators from sharing their preferred titles and pronouns with K-12 students.

State education officials asked the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to vacate an April preliminary injunction order from Judge Mark E. Walker of the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida that the law likely violated Katie Wood’s First Amendment right. Wood, who teaches at Lennard High School in Hillsborough County, Fla., is likely to ...