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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Florida school district says trans employees can’t use pronouns, bathrooms that match their gender identity - The Hill

Florida’s Orange County Public Schools sent out a memo Monday that says its transgender employees and contractors can’t use the pronouns or bathrooms that match their gender identity, citing state law.

The memo discusses House Bill 1069, which focuses on sex defined as an “immutable biological trait” at birth based on hormones and genitalia. Under the law, no one is allowed to be required to use a person’s “preferred personal title or pronoun,” and students are not to be asked for their pronouns.

“The bill states that a transgender employee or contractor may not provide a personal title or pronoun to students which does not correspond the employee’s or contractor’s biological sex at birth,” the school district’s memo states.

The second law mentioned in the memo, House Bill 1521, has to do with what bathroom an individual can use.

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Transgender students and employees will have single-stall bathrooms they can use — or they are allowed to use the bathroom that corresponds to their assigned sex at birth, according to the memo.

Both transgender employees and students, the district said, would have disciplinary actions taken against them if they use a bathroom that corresponds with their...



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