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UC colleges sued over policy that punishes students for ‘misgendering’ classmates
New York Post ^ | June 18, 2026 | Titus Wu

Posted on 06/18/2026 12:16:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A wild University of California system policy that allegedly punished students for not using another person’s preferred pronouns has gotten the school into legal trouble courtesy of a lawsuit filed by a conservative watchdog.

UC’s Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy impinges on free speech rights, according to the complaint filed by Defending Education and obtained by The California Post.

“UC leaves no doubt that its ban on hostile-environment harassment covers protected speech,” legal representatives for Defending Education said in the documents. One section of the policy lists derogatory slurs related to sexual orientation as an example of “harassment.” A person simply laughing at someone for acting a certain way would violate the policy, it added. Verbal speech like that is legally protected, Defending Education claimed.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: misgender; pronouns; transgender

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1 posted on 06/18/2026 12:16:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Nazis can pound sand. NO ONE in the USA can compel speech.


2 posted on 06/18/2026 12:17:21 PM PDT by vpintheak (The left is violence.)
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NO ONE in the USA can compel speech.

Wait until they pack the Supreme Court, and all the laws change dramatically.

3 posted on 06/18/2026 12:19:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: vpintheak

My thoughts exactly.


4 posted on 06/18/2026 12:21:39 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: nickcarraway

I hate these fascist bastards because they are obsessed with destroying the meaning of marriage and the family.


5 posted on 06/18/2026 12:25:26 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Blue Lives Matter! White lives matter. Remember Iryna Zarutska and Justine Damond.)
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To: nickcarraway

“A person simply laughing at someone for acting a certain way would violate the policy, it added. Verbal speech like that is legally protected, Defending Education claimed.” Is it OK if I laugh at myself?


6 posted on 06/18/2026 12:50:52 PM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthbym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: nickcarraway

That’s when the shooting starts. And no I am not calling for war if any spooks are monitoring.


7 posted on 06/18/2026 1:16:30 PM PDT by vpintheak (The left is violence.)
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Why would they need to shoot? Conservatives will never fight back.


8 posted on 06/18/2026 1:18:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Its coming and people here are simply unaware.


9 posted on 06/18/2026 1:32:29 PM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: nickcarraway

Compelled speech is NEVER free speech. One would think those oh so intelligent Leftists in California would know this by now.


10 posted on 06/18/2026 1:47:03 PM PDT by Bosco127 (Bosco)
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