In a friend-of-the-court brief filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta on behalf of the group Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays and Georgia Safe Schools Coalition, representatives from Lambda Legal expressed concern about Keeton’s expressed intent to “engage in discriminatory and harmful professional practices as a school counselor,” according to a press release.
The group emphasized the role counselors play in preventing harm to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender young people and said it was the duty of counselors to “promote the well-being of all students, especially those youth who are being bullied.
Keeton, 24, sued ASU in July because she claimed her first-amendment rights were violated.
