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The Independent UK
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Julie Carr Smyth

Appeals court sides with parent group in fight over Ohio school district’s pronoun policy

Ohio Schools Gender Pronoun Policy - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A divided federal appeals court in Ohio ruled against the state's fourth largest school district on Thursday in a case that pitted its gender pronoun policies against the rights of students who believe there are only two genders.

The full Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the suburban Olentangy Local School District cannot prohibit students from using gender-related language deemed offensive, siding with Parents Defending Education, which had argued the policies were unconstitutional.

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