The question before this court is whether the first amendment permits the state to dictate, without limitation, how public-school teachers refer to themselves when communicating to students. The answer is a thunderous no.
Wood and two other transgender educators sued the state in 2023, saying the law violated their constitutional right to free speech, equal protection under the law as well as federal laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex. Walker's Wednesday ruling only applies to Wood, and not statewide.
Walker said that her lawyers had not yet adequately explained why the law was unconstitutional on its face and not just unconstitutional as it was being specifically applied to her. Walker also declined to rule in favor of Av Schwandes, a non-binary teacher who was fired from Florida Virtual School after starting to use the Mx honorific.
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