A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Florida law preventing a transgender teacher from using pronouns that don’t match her birth sex. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker ruled in favor of Katie Wood, stating the law violated her First Amendment rights. Wood, along with two other teachers, sued over the Parental Rights in Education Act, known as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, which restricts pronoun usage and discussions of gender identity in schools. Walker emphasized that the law unconstitutionally restricts teachers’ rights to self-identify. The injunction applies only to Wood, as another plaintiff had already been fired and thus wasn’t experiencing ongoing violations.
