A philosophy professor from Ohio-based Shawnee State University, Nicholas Meriwether, sued the public institution on Monday following an incident involving a biologically male transgender student, who requested to be referred to by the female pronouns, as regulated by the school's gender pronoun policy.
"They demand this even though the concept of gender identity is entirely subjective and fluid, even though the number of potential gender identities is infinite," Meriwether stated in his lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of Ohio.
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Earlier this year, the transgender student, Alena Burning, filed a complaint against Meriwether who failed to refer to her as "Miss" and "she" despite the student's request. Professor Meriwether refused to permit this request, given that referring to a biologically male human as a woman flies in the face of his belief system, also protected by the 1st Amendment.