Kentucky Bill Would Use Discredited Psychiatry to Purge Trans Teachers

A new Kentucky proposal would use outdated diagnostic standards, perjury threats, and forced medical scrutiny to push trans educators out of the classroom.

Sen. Gex Williams, R-Verona, speaks at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort. Williams sponsored Senate Bill 351, which would use outdated psychiatric criteria to target teacher licensing in Kentucky.

A new Kentucky bill would not regulate teacher conduct. It would weaponize obsolete psychiatry to push trans educators out of the classroom.

Senate Bill 3…