Is Misgendering a Student Protected by Academic Freedom? 101 Law Profs Say ‘No’ (They’re Right)

BY HANK REICHMAN In a January 2018 political philosophy class at Shawnee State University in Ohio Professor Nicholas Meriwether addressed a trans woman as “sir.”  It was an accident, but when the student approached him after class to request that she be called “Ms.” like other women in the class, Meriwether refused, claiming that his…