Category: pronouns

Teacher Suspended for Not Using Student’s Preferred Name, Pronouns Gets $95,000 Settlement

A teacher in Kansas has received a $95,000 settlement after she was suspended by her former employer for refusing to use a student’s preferred name and pronoun. Pamela Ricard, who had taught math at Fort Riley Middle School before she retired in May, was suspended for three days by the school in April 2021, and…


Navy Mocked for Teaching Sailors to Create ‘Safe Space for Everybody’ With ‘Correct Pronouns’

A video from the U.S. Navy that teaches sailors to cultivate a “safe space for everybody” by using pronouns that reflect one’s preferred gender identity has gone viral on social media, prompting many to question whether it has anything to do with protecting the country and winning wars. The instructional video, which appears to take…


[PREMIERING at 4 PM ET] Pronoun Confusion | Counterculture

In this episode of Counterculture with Danielle D’Souza Gill, Danielle sheds a light on pronoun confusion. In the midst of Pride Month, as well as the left’s avid push for gender fluidity and for others to demand that people affirm their “pronouns,” Danielle puts the breaks on this and examines this absurd situation. She interviews…


Wisconsin School District Ends Sexual Harassment Probe Against Boys Accused of ‘Mispronouning’

A Wisconsin school district has ended its sexual harassment investigation against three eighth-grade boys who addressed another student with biologically correct pronouns instead of the student’s preferred alternatives. “Over the last several weeks, our school district and community have been greatly impacted by media attention related to a complaint involving harassment,” Kiel Area School District…


Majority of Americans Say Allowing ‘Preferred Pronouns’ Confuse Children: Poll

A majority of Americans believe allowing children to choose a pronoun that is not aligned with their biological sex would only confuse them, according to a new poll. The Harvard-Harris poll (pdf) was conducted online from May 18 to 19 and involved 1,963 registered voters weighted to represent the U.S. population. The poll did not…


Virginia AG Sides With High School Teacher Fired for Rejecting Transgender Pronoun Demands

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has sided in a lawsuit with a high school French teacher who was fired for not using male pronouns for a female student. In a brief filed on May 24, Miyares said the public school district “transgresses Virginia’s longstanding constitutional protections” when it punished a teacher for “refusing to express…


Ohio Professor Awarded $400,000 in Lawsuit Settlement Over University’s Pronoun Mandate

A public university in Ohio has agreed to pay $400,000 to end a three-year legal battle in its failed attempt to force a philosophy professor to call students by their preferred pronouns. As part of the agreement (pdf) announced Thursday, Shawnee State University will pay $400,000 in damages and attorney’s fees to settle the federal…


Virginia Teacher Placed on Leave After Saying He Won’t Call Students by Their Preferred Pronouns

An elementary school teacher in Loudoun County, Virginia, was placed on administrative leave after objecting to his school district’s proposed policy about pronouns, according to a report. Byron “Tanner” Cross, who teaches physical education at Leesburg Elementary School in Loudoun County Public Schools, was placed on leave after he spoke against a proposed rule that…


Pronouns, Free Speech, and The Advocate

Commentary The B.C. Law Society’s trade journal, The Advocate, is caught in the jaws of a disagreement between transgender advocates and court authorities, and those who favour traditional pronouns. At stake is The Advocate’s integrity as a forum of free discussion. The journal had planned to publish competing viewpoints about a recent change in court procedure concerning…