NATIONAL REVIEW: Iowa District No Longer Able to Punish Students for ‘Misgendering’ Classmates

Parents Defending Education (PDE) settled its case with Linn-Mar Community Schools in Iowa yesterday. The district agreed to rescind a policy that prohibited an “intentional and/or persistent refusal by staff or students to respect a student’s gender identity” — in other words, it would punish students or staff for “misgendering” a student.