A lawsuit filed by a Shawnee State University professor could potentially have consequences for students' preferred pronouns on college campuses.
And it could potentially lead to discrimination in the classroom beyond preferred pronoun use, according to a constitutional law expert and the head of a nonprofit group that advocates for equality for the LGBTQ community.
“If this case were to come out poorly, the implications are devastating, honestly, for young people on college campuses,” said Siobhan Boyd-Nelson, Equality Ohio acting executive director and director of development and external relations.
“Essentially, if the case turned out badly, it would be saying that we don’t have to respect another person’s human dignity in such an important space such as an educational space," she said.