Kentucky Senate Lets Teachers Decide on Transgender Pronouns

Source: U.S. News and World ReportThe Kentucky Senate passed a bill Thursday allowing teachers to refuse to refer to transgender students by their preferred pronouns—a proposal that was framed as protecting free-speech rights in classrooms but denounced by a lawmaker whose transgender son died recently. The measure cleared the Senate on a 29-6 vote after the emotional debate, sending the culture war topic to the House. Republicans have supermajorities in both legislative...