Medical School Execs Lose Gender Dysphoria Speech Suit Appeal

University of Louisville School of Medicine officials must face a child psychiatry professor’s claims that his First Amendment rights were violated by the backlash that followed a presentation he gave on gender dysphoria, the Sixth Circuit ruled Tuesday.

The ruling addresses the free-speech rights of professors and other education workers, both on and off-campus, as well as the immunity university officials enjoy when disciplining or restricting an employee for speech they believe crosses the line.

None of the officials Allan Josephson sued for free-speech retaliation enjoyed qualified immunity from the former division chief’s lawsuit, a unanimous US Court of Appeal ...