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...A judge has ruled that Shawnee State University did not violate a professor's constitutional rights by punishing him for referring to a transgender female student by male pronouns.
...In November 2018 after the university issued a written warning to Nicholas Meriwether, a professor in the Philosophy department, for violating the Ohio university's nondiscrimination policy.
...University officials told the professor, who refers to students by titles such as mister and miss, that he could either eliminate all sex-based titles or pronouns when talking to students or honor students' gender identities.
...U.S. District Court Judge Susan Dlott sided with the university, saying the professor's choice to call the student "Sir" was not protected under the first amendment.
..."The speech here occurred in the context of plaintiff's employment; it was limited to titles and pronouns used to address one student in plaintiff's class: the speech was directed to plaintiff and heard only by her and her fellow students; and absent any further explanation or elaboration, the speech cannot reasonably be construed as having conveyed any beliefs or stated any facts about gender identity," Dlott said in her opinion.
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