University of Louisville has agreed to pay almost$ 1. 6 million in damages and attorneys ’ expenses to live a six-year-old complaint filed by its former commander of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology.
Dr. Allan Josephson was largely terminated after he criticized transgender philosophy, and filed a complaint in April 2019 to combat the decision.
“ He risked his employment and standing to speak the truth bravely, and the school punished him for expressing his opinion—ultimately by dismissing him. But public universities have no business rewarding faculty simply because they hold different views, ” said Travis Barham, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom, which represented the doctor.
“…Hopefully, another public institutions will learn from this that if they violate the First Amendment, they can be held responsible, and it can be very costly, ” he said in a statement announcing the lawsuit Monday.
The empire has filed a motion to dismiss the case because of the deal.
University official John Karman told Kentucky Today, “As this arrangement is related to a personnel issue, the school is not able to provide further comment. ”
Josephson, a physician, said in a speech Monday that “I’m glad to finally get justification for voicing what I know is correct. ”
“Children deserve better than life-altering processes that mutilate their bodies and damage their ability to lead fulfilling life, ” he said.
“ In spite of the circumstances I suffered through with my school, I’m overwhelmed to see that my situation helped lead the way for additional health practitioners to see the general truth that altering natural sex is unbelievably dangerous while acceptance of one’s sex leads to blooming. ”
As The College Fix previously reported, Josephson was hired by the University of Louisville in 2003 to lead its “struggling ” Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology. Over the next 15 times he worked to convert the division around, and built a system with a national standing.
But, according to his petition, some of his classmates were upset that he boldly dissented from the transgender conservatism that says female distress may become embraced, encouraged, accepted and treated as a normal and healthy by the health community.
The complaint alleged the problems began when his classmates learned of his opinions, and in particular colleagues running the school LGBT facility. The doctor’s concerned peers co-opted at least one part of his department to acknowledge his views are difficult, and ultimately helped find him demoted, next terminated, the lawsuit claimed.
The university has previously argued during a hearing it could fire Josephson for his comments because they related to his official duties as a professor.
The settlement comes seven months after the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Josephson’s case could proceed.
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IMAGE CAPTION AND CREDIT: Pictured is Dr. Allan Josephson / Courtesy of Alliance Defending Freedom
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