Mark D. Whitaker (@therealbiostate)
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#trans pushback, #woke #censorship and #socialcredit pushback: University of Louisville agrees to pay $ 1.6 million in lawsuit over transgender comments firing | Fox News Wednesday, April 23rd 2025, 3:19:13 pm A professor who was fired for criticizing gender treatments for children will reportedly receive $1.6 million in a settlement with his former employer. Dr. Allan Josephson worked at the University of Louisville for nearly 15 years before his comments on transgender treatments drew controversy ....agreed to pay nearly $1.6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a former professor who was fired for.......... criticizing transgender treatments for children experiencing gender dysphoria. Dr. Allan Josephson worked for nearly 15 years as chief of the University of Louisville's Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology. According to his legal complaint, Josephson was able to turn around the struggling division during his tenure and received perfect scores in his 2014-2016 annual reviews. Despite his professional accomplishments, the complaint alleges that Josephson was demoted in 2017 and eventually fired after making comments in his own capacity challenging the push to use [the #fakescience of] hormone therapy [which actually is an Israeli company's near monopoly on these drugs, right?] and surgery for children with gender dysphoria, according to legal group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). ADF, which represented Josephson in court, announced the settlement agreement Monday and hailed the case as a "major victory" for free speech. https://www.foxnews.com/media/child-psychiatrist-who-criticized-gender-therapy-receives-1-6-million-from-university-after-firing