Free Speech, Public School Students, And “There Are Only Two Genders”

Epidemic of “no-contact orders” on US campuses raises free speech concerns

Across the United States, a disciplinary tool designed to prevent harassment is increasingly being used to police speech, silencing students not for threats or misconduct, but for expressing unpopular views. ‘No-contact orders’ (NCOs), once confined to cases of stalking or sexual harassment, are now routinely issued across American universities. Their targets are no longer limited to serious misconduct cases and now include students whose opinio…

Free Speech, Public School Students, And “There Are Only Two Genders”

The Supreme Court just declined to consider a federal appeals court case that led a public school to punish a student for wearing a T-shirt saying “There Are Only Two Genders.” Did the lower court get that right?

SCOTUS declines to hear student’s appeal in ‘There Are Only Two Genders’ t-shirt case

Thus upholds circuit court decision that shirt was ‘reasonably interpreted to demean’ others The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a middle school student who was banned from wearing a “There Are Only Two Genders” t-shirt at school. Over two years ago, seventh-grade honor student Liam Morrison was prohibited from wearing the shirt based on Nichols Middle School’s speech… Source