Court denies Massachusetts 7th-grader free speech request following legal battle over 'two genders' shirt

One 12-year-old's lawsuit against his school for allegedly violating his First Amendment rights after he was prohibited from wearing a shirt saying, "There are only two genders" hits a speed bump after a district court hearing.

"We were asking for an immediate order so that he could express himself for the rest of the school year," Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) legal counsel Logan Spena told Fox News Digital. "Liam’s suing for the right to do what every other student in his school currently has the right to do, which is respectfully express their own view on a matter of enormous public concern. What is the relationship between sex and gender?"

Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and Massachusetts Family Institute (MFI) filed a federal lawsuit last month against Nichols Middle School (NMS) officials and the town of Middleborough, Massachusetts on behalf of Liam Morrison, a seventh grader who was forbidden to wear a T-shirt to school that reads "There are only two genders."

In a Wednesday hearing the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston denied Morrison’s attorneys' request for a temporary injunction, or restraining order, which would have suspended the school’s ability to prohibit Morrison from expressing his views about gender before the court issued its final decision.

In March, shortly after arriving to school wearing the "There are only two genders" shirt Morrison was pulled out of class by the school’s principal and a counselor and told that he must remove the shirt in order to be able to return to class. Morrison declined and was picked up by his father shortly afterward.

After NMS told Morrison’s family and legal counsel that it would continue to prohibit Morrison from wearing the shirt, the seventh grader wore a "There are censored genders" T-shirt to school in response but was told to take it off almost immediately.... (Read more)

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