Divided 11th Circuit Court of Appeals finds against transgender deputy, potentially aiding Florida’s defense of its law requiring teachers to use pronouns aligned with their sex assigned at birth.

A recent appeals-court ruling in a Georgia case involving a transgender sheriff’s deputy could have significant implications for a Florida law requiring teachers to use pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth.

The ruling, issued Tuesday by the full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, sided against the deputy, Anna Lange, who was denied health insurance coverage for gender dysphoria-related surgery. This decision could bolster Florida’s defense against a legal challenge to its pronoun law, which a federal judge had previously found to be discriminatory under Section VII of the Civil

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