Lennard High School

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked education officials from enforcing a law requiring a transgender Hillsborough County teacher to use pronouns that align with her sex assigned at birth, saying the law violated her First Amendment rights.

A transgender Hillsborough County teacher is one of two instructors who are seeking a preliminary injunction. The judge says he will do his "best to get out an order as quickly as possible.”

A Hillsborough County teacher is among the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which contends the restrictions violate a federal civil-rights law and the First Amendment.

A high school teacher from Hillsborough County was among those who filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new Florida law that blocks them from using preferred pronouns while on the job.

The coronavirus pandemic forced schools to close about two months before the end of the school year, stripping away many of the common high school rituals…