Texas federal court judge denies ‘compelled speech’ in case seeking transgender pronouns

Jan. 20, 2020 (RoadKill Radio News) — A federal judge in Texas has ruled that although federal institutions may sometimes use transgender pronouns-of-choice “as a courtesy”, there is nothing in American law to compel such speech, either by individuals or by federal institutions. And he warned that such a court order could imply bias. Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan of U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the request of Kathrine Nicole Jett for the court to order prison guards to use female pronouns to refer to ‘her’. Jett is a…

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‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ stirs Missouri lawmaker to propose limits on library programming

BC’s Culture Guard terms Drag Queen events ‘child endangerment’ January 17, 2020 (RoadKillRadio News) — Public libraries that display “age-inappropriate material”, including salacious LGBTQ2S+ books or ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ for tots, could lose state funding, and see librarians who break the law fined or even jailed, under legislation proposed by Missouri State Rep. Ben Baker. Baker’s Parental Oversight of Public Libraries Act was drafted in reaction to ‘Drag Queen Story Hours’ being held across the state. “In some places—St. Louis, Kansas City and I think St. Jo (Joseph)—they’ve had these…

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