From Josephson v. Ganzel, decided yesterday by Sixth Circuit Judge Andre Mathis, joined by Judges Ronald Lee Gilman and Richard Allen Griffin:
The First Amendment protects popular and unpopular speech alike. Allan Josephson worked as a professor of psychiatry at a public university's [University of Louisville's] medical school. After developing an interest in the medical treatment of childhood gender dysphoria, he began publicly discussing his views on that topic.
In October 2017, he expressed his thoughts on treating childhood gender dysphoria during a panel discussion sponsored by a conservative think tank [the Heritage Foundation]. His commentary was unpopular with his coworkers and supervisors. Josephson believes that his superiors retaliated against him for the views he expressed during the panel discussion, ultimately culminating in the nonrenewal of his contract with the university after more than fifteen years of employment….
Josephson sued, and the Court of Appeals allowed the case to go forward:
