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California Law Allows Jail For Using Wrong Gender Pronoun

Ryan Saavedra

Under a new California law, those who work in health care who use the wrong gender pronoun when referring to a transgender patient could face prison time.

The new law, signed last week by California Gov. Jerry Brown, will punish any health care worker who “willfully and repeatedly” does not use the “preferred name or pronouns” of transgender patients, Fox News reports.

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