The Viking Saga is the student newspaper of Northwest High School in Grand Island, Nebraska, in the United States. In April 2022, the staff of the paper was told that transgender writers should not use their preferred names on bylines and instead must use the names they had been given at birth.
On May 16, the paper published an issue which discussed Pride Month and other LGBTQ-related topics. Three days later, the school board and superintendent eliminated the school's journalism program and closed down the paper. In response, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit asserting that transgender staff member Marcus Pennell's First Amendment right to free speech had been violated. The lawsuit was dismissed on the grounds that Pennell, having already graduated, lacked standing.
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