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Pricey Pronouns: Shawnee State U. to Pay Prof $400K After Punishing Him for Failing to Call a Male Student ‘She’

Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio, will pay $400,000 in damages and attorney fees after punishing a professor who refused to refer to a male student as a female. The settlement comes after a judge previously ruled that the university’s treatment of professor Nick Meriwether violated his First Amendment rights.

Alana Mastrangelo

19 Apr 2022, 9:49 AM PDT

Court Rules Shawnee State University Violated Professor’s 1st Amendment Rights by Ordering Him to Use Students’ Preferred Pronouns

The Sixth Circuit federal appeals court has unanimously ruled that Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio, violated a professor’s First Amendment rights by ordering him to use students’ preferred pronouns.

Alana Mastrangelo

29 Mar 2021, 2:42 PM PDT

Professor Sues University After Order to Use Transgender Pronouns

Attorneys with the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a federal lawsuit Monday on behalf of a professor who was disciplined for refusing to use a transgender student’s preferred pronoun.

Merrill Hope

7 Nov 2018, 7:32 AM PST

Students placed a sticker on the door of a new gender-neutral bathroom at Nathan Hale High