INDEPENDENT WOMEN’S FORUM: Independent Women’s Law Center Files En Banc Amicus Brief in Sixth Circuit Against Ohio Schools’ Forced Pronoun Policy

Today, Independent Women’s Law Center (IWLC), alongside the Manhattan Institute, filed an en banc amicus brief before the Sixth Circuit to challenge one of Ohio’s largest school district’s policies that require students to profess the belief that men can become women, including by using “preferred pronouns.” IWLC argues the school board’s pronoun policies violate the First Amendment by forcing many students to speak contrary to their beliefs that sex is binary, and women are biologically distinct from men. The brief emphasizes that using biologically accurate sex-based pronouns is necessary to preserve females’ private spaces.