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State Considers Legislation Concealing Students’ Gender Transitions From Parents

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In November, a poll found 68% of Americans across party lines thought parents should be notified “if their child changes their gender identification or preferred pronouns at school.” And while some are shocked this is a controversial topic to begin with, many are not-so shocked to learn the state of California has proved to be an epicenter of these debates.

When the Chino Valley Unified School District board, led by President Sonja Shaw, met in July to discuss a potential policy that would require parental notification if their children attempted gender transitions at school, they were confronted by California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond. Later, in August, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, sued the school district after it established a policy “requiring faculty and staff to notify parents of students’ attempted gender transitions,” The Washington Stand previously reported.

Now, the battle continues. Thurmond has brought a new bill to the table, AB 1955, which California Democrats are eager to codify into law. The bill reflects the views of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, which, in effect, would reverse the parent-friendly policy currently in place.

The text states:

This bill would prohibit school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and the state special schools, and a member of the governing board or body of those educational entities, from enacting or enforcing any policy, rule, or administrative regulation that requires an employee or a contractor to disclose any information related to a pupil’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression to any other person without the pupil’s consent unless otherwise required by law, as provided.

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When I Went to the Doctor for Kidney Stones, She Cared More About Pronouns Than Patient Care

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When I woke one recent morning to severe pain from a bout of kidney stones, I knew I had an excruciating day ahead of me. I didn’t realize how excruciating until I arrived at George Washington University Hospital’s emergency room where one of the ER’s resident physicians greeted me wearing a pin: “Ask Me About My Pronouns.” The remainder of my morning became a real-life demonstration of how woke physicians prioritize ideology over patient care.

The bloodwork taken upon my arrival showed a high white blood cell count, and during my stay, I complained of pain in both my kidneys. A CT scan taken in the emergency room likewise showed stranding (i.e., scarring) in both kidneys.

The next day, my primary care practitioner grew concerned that a kidney stone had caused an infection that had spread through my urinary tract. She asked me whether I had received intravenous antibiotics in the ER as a precautionary measure; I had not.

For all her outward concern about pronouns, the George Washington resident did not act concerned about a possible infection. She (they?) did not order a urine culture to check for infections, nor send the stone I passed while in the ER for laboratory analysis. She and her supervising physician also questioned the need for a CT scan, which had been standard practice during prior bouts of kidney stones, claiming that a scan would only be needed if I had a blockage or infection — an odd claim, given that I had yet to provide a urine specimen for analysis. (Read more from “When I Went to the Doctor for Kidney Stones, She Cared More About Pronouns Than Patient Care” HERE)

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State Department Adds Email Pronouns for All Employees, Mislabeling Officials’ Genders

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The State Department has added pronouns for each of its employees to its email system, in the process mislabeling the genders of at least a few officials. The change took place abruptly and without advance notice today, causing some confusion internally, a State Department source told National Review.

The State Department’s top spokesman, Matthew Miller, said in a tweet that the move was an unintentional error, which it is working to fix. Either way, the incident followed a series of steps taken since 2021 to embed diversity, equity, and inclusion principles at the core of American diplomacy, and this episode is also not the department’s first pronoun-related gaffe.

The Associated Press’s Matt Lee was the first to reveal the change publicly, raising it at the tail end of today’s State Department press briefing. NR has independently confirmed the change. In fact, the State Department’s new email gender-labeling change has assigned incorrect gender pronouns to some department officials, according to an email viewed by NR.

In a three-minute-long back-and-forth with principal deputy spokesman Vedant Patel, the AP’s Lee attempted to get him to acknowledge the change, which is visible both to State Department employees and those whom they email externally.

But even Patel seemed not to have been aware of the change, with Lee eventually asking, “I want to know if you’ve noticed anything different in the ‘From’ line, where it gives the sender.” Patel responded: “This would be a lot better if you would just ask what your question was.”

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Supreme Court Considers Forcing Judges to Use Preferred Pronouns for Attorneys, Litigants

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Michigan’s highest court is considering a rule change that would require judges to refer to attorneys and litigants by their preferred pronouns.

The Michigan Supreme Court sent a notice on January 18 that it was considering an amendment to Rule 1.109 of the Michigan Court Rules to force courts to comply with attorneys’ and parties’ desired pronouns in speech and in writing. Now, over a dozen Michigan judges and attorneys have expressed concern for what the rule’s implications would mean for free speech and religious liberty.

“Parties and attorneys may … include any personal pronouns in the name section of the caption, and courts are required to use those personal pronouns when referring to or identifying the party or attorney, either verbally or in writing,” the proposed rule states.

Michigan judges and attorneys are writing to the court and speaking out about the problematic amendment. In an eight-page response to the proposed rule, William R. Bloomfield, general counsel for the Diocese of Lansing, said that it would be a direct violation of the First Amendment.

“In brief, requiring courts, i.e., judges, to use a person’s own designated personal pronouns is an unconstitutional violation of free speech and free exercise of religion,” he wrote, adding, “And as vital as the interest in free speech is for ordinary citizens, or groups of citizens, it is perhaps even more important for judges to be free of any compulsory speech.” (Read more from “Supreme Court Considers Forcing Judges to Use Preferred Pronouns for Attorneys, Litigants” HERE)

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Who Is This Kid? Middle Schooler Caused Teacher to Have a Mini-Freak Out Over Pronouns

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. . .This gap from keeping kids out of school over a very survivable virus has created a breach that may never be fixed, especially given the political games at play regarding education. So, we must take the small victories, like this middle schooler who totally owned his teacher regarding the pronoun game. As you all know, a successful brainwashing program starts when students are young, where they soak up everything like a sponge. The teacher took to Tik Tok to vent about her student, who said his pronouns were “banana” and “rock.”

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College: ‘Action Could Be Taken’ Against Students Who Fail To Use Others’ Preferred Pronouns

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A Pittsburgh college told its students that “action could be taken” against them if they fail to use others’ preferred pronouns, Campus Reform reported.

The outlet said it obtained a Sept. 13 email from Point Park University’s Office of Equity and Inclusion to the student body outlining the college’s anti-discrimination policy for the 2021-2022 academic year.

The email was meant to inform readers about PPU’s “Preferred Name Policy” as well as rules regarding “misgendering, pronoun misuse, and deadnaming (the use of a person’s legal ‘dead’ name instead of using the person’s chosen or preferred name), as well as resources on microaggressions and additional training,” Campus Reform said.

The college’s Preferred Name Policy allows students and faculty members to use their preferred names when legal names aren’t required, the outlet said, adding that its Misgendering, Pronoun Misuse, and Deadnaming Policy states that “any individual who has been informed of another person’s gender identity, pronouns, or chosen name is expected to respect that individual.”

And if a complaint is filed against alleged violators, “action could be taken,” the email says, according to Campus Reform. (Read more from “College: ‘Action Could Be Taken’ Against Students Who Fail To Use Others’ Preferred Pronouns” HERE)

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