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BREAKING: Federal Court Rules Schools Cannot Force Students to Use “Preferred Pronouns”

Court rules schools can’t compel students’ speech in pronoun disputes

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Dave Bondy
Nov 07, 2025
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CINCINNATI — The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that public schools cannot compel students to use “preferred pronouns,” finding that doing so would violate free speech protections under the First Amendment.

The decision stems from a case involving the Olentangy Local School District in Ohio, which barred students from referring to transgen…

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