TALLAHASSEE — A lawsuit is suing the Florida Department of Education challenging a new law that prohibits public school employees and contractors from using their preferred personal titles or pronouns if they do not correspond to their sex assigned at birth.

Florida Department of Education; State Board of Education; Monesia Brown, Esther Byrd, Grazie Christie, Kelly Garcia, Benjamin Gibson, Mary-Lynn Magar, and Ryan Petty, in their official capacities as members of Defendant State Board of Education; Commissioner of Education; Education Practices Commission; Aadil Ameerally, Ana Armbrister Bland, Jared Barr, Michael Butcher, Yvonne Caldwell, Elayne Colon, Ann Copenhaver, Joseph Goodwin, Benjamin Henry, Timothy Holley, Lisa Innerst, Jeffrey Johnson, Kenneth LaPee, Mason Lewis, Sallie Murphy, Christine Plaza, Kevin Rowe, Charles Shaw, Orenthya Sloan, Marc Snyder, Malcolm Thomas, Jordan Tompkins and Kathy Wilks, in their official capacities as members of Defendant Education Practices Commission; Hillsborough County School Board; Lee County School Board; and Florida Virtual School Board of Trustees were all named as defendants in the suit.

The case involves several plaintiffs who are current and former Florida public school teachers, including Katie Wood, Jane Doe, and AV Schwandes, according to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.