California Court Strikes Down Part of Law Protecting LGBTQ+ Seniors
an appeals court decision that struck down part of a state law meant to protect LGBTQ+ nursing home residents by prohibiting staff from these care facilities from using anything other than the resident’s self-determined name and pronouns.The law, passed in 2017, is supposed to protect residents from discrimination due to sexual orientation or gender identity.
However, the state's Third District Court of Appeal ruled Friday that the name and pronoun section of the law violated the free speech rights of those facilities' employees.“The law compels long-term care facility staff to alter the message they would prefer to convey,” the court explained.Associate Judge Elena Duarte wrote on behalf of the court, “We recognize that misgendering may be.
