Sources claim that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney-world">Disney World</a> is offering <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender-pronouns">pronoun pins</a> to their employees. 
Multiple employees at the theme park spoke anonymously with <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/13/walt-disney-world-epcot-pronoun-pin-name-tags/">The Daily Caller</a> about a new DEI initiative that will begin with janitors who work in the Florida theme park and then roll out to other Disney employees. Photos shared by the sources showed that theme park and EPCOT employees can fill out a form with their preferred pronouns to have them added to their name pin by scanning a QR code.
“Hi everyone, we are excited to introduce pronoun name tags in our area!” the <a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=qDG3VqyiMky_a2FoEOkTxo8ZQhqfGXNIiFn9s_4cvspUNVVVTVgyMTVPOVpCQ0kxUVhRQTJDOUtDTSQlQCN0PWcu&amp;origin=QRCode">form</a> says. “Pronoun name tags help us understand each other more and bring a positive impact within our community!”
The outlet noted that pronoun pins are still being used voluntarily, per their sources.
This was not the first <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/woke">gender identity-related initiative</a> introduced into Disney theme parks. In May, a video of a male employee in a dress welcoming small children into the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at Disneyland in California went viral, with many people expressing their outrage online. 
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“This is insane,” one Twitter user wrote, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disturbing-man-in-a-dress-welcoming-children-to-disneyland-princess-boutique-sparks-outrage-on-twitter">reported</a>.
“Absolutely grooming. That is a moment for little girls. Mustache has no business there,” another account agreed. 
“Disney is just an LGBT activist organization at this point,” a third commenter wrote. “Any sane company would have backed down by now. Disney keeps doubling down because it would rather engage in political activism than return value.”
Another viewer called the footage “disturbing and sick.”
In August, more images of different male Disney employees wearing dresses were shared by Libs of TikTok. “Disney has men dressed as women, wearing dresses greeting children at some of their attractions,” LOTT wrote in the X <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1695164391694487592">caption</a>. “Received both of these this week from disturbed visitors.”
Disney Parks updated its uniform policy in 2021 to allow employees, or as they’re referred to in the park, “cast members,” to wear gendered clothing of their preference regardless of their biological sex. 
“Inclusion is essential to our culture and leads us forward as we continue to realize our rich legacy of engaging storytelling, exceptional service, and Disney magic,” the statement about the policy change said in part.
This article has been revised for emphasis and clarity.

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A court ruled against a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin</a> school district policy that allowed teachers and officials to address students by new names and pronouns without parental consent.
Waukesha Circuit County Court sided with two sets of parents in a Tuesday ruling against a Kettle Moraine School District policy that allowed school officials to refer to students by new names and pronouns without parental consent. The court ruled that the policy violated parental rights, saying parents should know about any changes.
“The School District could not administer medicine to a student without parental consent. The School District could not require or allow a student to participate in a sport without parental consent. Likewise, the School District cannot change the pronoun of a student without parental consent without impinging on a fundamental liberty interest of the parents,” <a href="https://adfmedialegalfiles.blob.core.windows.net/files/TF-Decision.pdf">wrote</a> Circuit Court Judge Michael Maxwell.
The case began after two sets of parents, represented by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty and the Alliance Defending Freedom, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wisconsin-parents-sue-school-district-saying-that-educators-referred-to-their-daughter-with-male-pronouns-and-name-without-their-knowledge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued the school district</a> in November 2021 over the policy. 
One of the sets of parents said they took their 12-year-old daughter out of the Kettle Moraine school system after finding out that her teachers were referring to their daughter by a male name and using male pronouns without their knowledge. The girl ended up deciding to stop identifying as a boy. 
After protesting the matter, the parents say that the school cited its policy that said educators did not need parental consent to use a different pronoun or name than those given by the parents. 
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“The School District abrogated the parental rights of [the parents] on how to medically treat [their child] when the district decided to socially affirm [the child] at school despite [the parents] requesting it does not. Through its policy of disregarding parental wishes on a medical or health related decision and with how fast questioning one&#8217;s gender can arise, [the parents] are at real risk of being harmed,” the court decision said. 
Lawyers for ADF and WILL celebrated the decision, saying it was a &#8220;major win for parental rights.&#8221; 
&#8220;The court confirmed that parents, not educators or school faculty, have the right to decide whether a social transition is in their own child’s best interests. The decision should be a warning to the many districts across the country with similar policies to exclude parents from gender transitions at school,” WILL deputy counsel Luke Berg <a href="https://will-law.org/will-adf-secure-groundbreaking-legal-victory-in-parental-rights-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.

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Parents Win Ruling Against Wisconsin School District Over Pronoun, Name Change Policy

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Judges and court staff in Michigan must use parties’ <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-supreme-court-considers-forcing-judges-to-use-preferred-pronouns-for-attorneys-litigants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preferred pronouns</a>, the state’s highest court ruled Wednesday. 
Under the new rule adopted by the Michigan Supreme Court, attorneys and litigants can list their “preferred salutations and personal pronouns” on court records that judges must abide by beginning on January 1, 2024, The Detroit News reported. The new rule was considered and debated at length before the court approved the rule by a 5-2 majority, making Michigan the first state to require judges to use parties&#8217; preferred pronouns. 
“We serve the entire public and are required to treat those who come before us with civility and respect,” <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/michigan-supreme-court-orders-judges-to-honor-pronouns-of-parties-in-court">said</a> Democrat-nominated Justice Elizabeth Welch in her concurring statement. “The gender identity of a member of the public is a part of their individual identity, regardless of whether others agree or approve.”
The new rule states, “Parties and attorneys may also include Ms., Mr., or Mx. as a preferred form of address and one of the following personal pronouns in the name section of the caption: he/him/his, she/her/hers, or they/them/theirs. Courts must use the individual’s name, the designated salutation or personal pronouns, or other respectful means that is not inconsistent with the individual’s designated salutation or personal pronouns when addressing, referring to, or identifying the party or attorney, either orally or in writing.”
When a person’s preferred pronouns create grammatical confusion or errors, Welch wrote that it requires “more intentionality (and a bit of practice) for generations that grew up learning one language rule.” 
Republican-nominated Justice David Viviano opposed the new rule change, arguing that it forces judges into “socially and politically fraught topics that have little to do with the judicial system.”
Justice Brian Zahra, who was also nominated by a Republican, wrote in a dissenting statement that he was “deeply troubled” by the decision, saying that the new rule will only divide the state. 
“This proposed rule change is much worse than a solution in search of a problem; it is a directive that will undoubtedly inflame conflict and exacerbate the social division of the people of Michigan,” Zahra wrote, adding that it will invite “abuse by litigants eager to gain any measure of control over their fight,” according to The Detroit News. 
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As the rule was being considered, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-supreme-court-considers-forcing-judges-to-use-preferred-pronouns-for-attorneys-litigants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that over a dozen Michigan judges and attorneys expressed concern for what the rule’s implications would mean for free speech and religious liberty. Michigan judges and attorneys wrote to the court, 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.”
Michigan religious liberty attorney Timothy Denney told The Daily Wire in March that the rule &#8220;would violate the compelled speech principle.”
“The Michigan Supreme Court’s proposed rule to force judges to use attorney’s preferred pronouns violates the First Amendment,” Denney said. “The First Amendment prohibits government from compelling public officials to make statements contrary to their beliefs.”

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a civil rights <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/082723.Complaint.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> against a school district on Monday to halt its recently adopted policy that requires schools to inform parents about student gender transitions.
Bonta announced earlier this month he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-attorney-general-investigating-chino-school-district-over-gender-parental-notification-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launched an investigation</a> into the Chino Valley Unified School District, which represents over 26,000 students in San Bernardino County, after district officials passed a policy in July that requires teachers to inform parents within three days if their child uses names and pronouns different from their birth certificate, or requests to use school facilities or join sports team opposite of their gender.
“Every student has the right to learn and thrive in a school environment that promotes safety, privacy, and inclusivity – regardless of their gender identity,” Bonta said in a news release.
The state’s attorney general argued the district’s “forced outing policy” discriminates against the privacy rights of LGBTQ+ students and the California Constitution.
“The forced outing policy wrongfully endangers the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of non-conforming students who lack an accepting environment in the classroom and at home,” he said. “Our message to Chino Valley Unified and all school districts in California is loud and clear: We will never stop fighting for the civil rights of LGBTQ+ students.”
Chino Valley Unified spokesperson Andi Johnston <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-28/california-sues-chino-school-district-transgender-notification-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Los Angeles Times that the district has been working with the state’s investigation of the policy and has offered “complete transparency.”
“At this time, the district is working with its legal counsel to review the lawsuit and its contents,” Johnston told the outlet.
Earlier this month, a parents-rights activists group <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-parents-protest-radical-gender-theory-related-bills-as-state-lawmakers-return-from-summer-recess" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> staged a demonstration outside the California Capitol in Sacramento, condemning so-called gender-affirming bills while promoting parental notification involving student gender policies.
Sonja Shaw, president of the Chino Valley Unified Board of Education, became the leading advocate for the district’s policy.
She told The Los Angeles Times that Bonta’s actions displayed “government overreach” and an “aggressive” response to the measure designed to bring transparency between schools and parents.
“We will stand our ground and protect our children with all we can because we are not breaking the law,” Shaw told the Times. “Parents have a constitutional right in the upbringing of their children, period. Bring it.”
Shaw, who became a local advocate for parental rights amid the state’s pandemic response, reportedly said that state investigators subpoenaed her emails and text messages.
“[Bonta’s] automatically trying to assume parents are dangerous, and I think that’s a dangerous, dangerous direction that they’re heading in,” Shaw told Fox News. “And you see it all over California. They’re trying to push out parents, and I think that is something that we need to stand up for right now.”
California has become a leading state in the nation, promoting several new radical gender theory-related laws expected to gain momentum in the coming weeks, including undermining parental authority, requiring state-controlled curriculum, and targeting local school boards.
The movement has sparked pushback from parents, school boards, and lawmakers statewide to condemn such policies.
Republican Assemblymember Bill Essayli introduced AB 1314, which would require schools to notify parents if their child uses different pronouns or a change in identity. Essayli modeled the bill after the Chino Valley Unified School District adopted its policy that has since influenced other California school districts to adopt a similar principled action.
“We will accomplish our legislative priorities either through here or through the people directly,” Essayli said at the recent rally outside the California State Capitol in Sacramento, according to POLITICO.
Although the California State Assembly has yet to pass the bill, Essayli continues to push through every school district.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/louisiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Louisiana</a> State House on Tuesday failed to override Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards&#8217; veto of a bill that would have banned teachers from using a new pronoun for students unless they get permission from parents.
The House <a href="https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243924" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> 67-29 on HB 81, three votes short of the two-thirds threshold required to override the governor&#8217;s veto.
Every Democrat voted against the bill <a href="https://legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1334282" target="_blank" rel="noopener">along with</a> two Republicans, Representatives Barbara Freiberg and Stephanie Hilferty.
One Republican member reportedly flew back from vacation in France to make the session, while another Republican was also vacationing in Europe, but did not fly back, and yet another Republican was out of town for a family medical situation, <a href="https://twitter.com/rjamesfinn/status/1681318110891216902" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to local reporter James Finn.
The pronoun <a href="https://legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330743" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> would have required school employees to use the name on a student&#8217;s birth certificate or a derivative of that name unless the student&#8217;s parent provides written permission to do otherwise.
Under the bill, schools also would have been banned from requiring school employees to use pronouns other than the ones that match the sex on someone&#8217;s birth certificate if doing so would violate the employee&#8217;s sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions.
Edwards vetoed the bill at the end of June along with two other bills that dealt with gender identity.
One of the other bills, the Stop Harming Our Kids Act, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4077103-louisiana-gender-affirming-care-ban-vetoed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bans</a> puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and gender surgeries for minors in Louisiana. Both chambers of the Louisiana legislature voted Tuesday to override the governor&#8217;s veto of that bill, meaning the legislation will go into effect.
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The other bill the governor vetoed last month would have blocked teachers from discussing gender identity and sexual orientation in the state&#8217;s public school classrooms. That bill also <a href="https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244422" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failed</a> the override vote on Tuesday by just two votes.
&#8220;This bill unfairly places vulnerable children at the front lines of a vicious culture war,&#8221; Edwards <a href="https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/2023Vetoes/HB466.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in his veto message on the classroom content bill, adding that it could result in &#8220;sanctioned bullying of LGBTQ children in schools under the guise of religious freedom.&#8221;
Last year, about 300,000 American teens 13 to 17 <a href="https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Trans-Pop-Update-Jun-2022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identified</a> as transgender, a sharp increase over the previous few years. From 2017 to 2021, gender dysphoria diagnoses in children nearly <a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-transyouth-data/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tripled</a>.
In the past few years, parents and teachers have clashed with schools about policies around trans-identifying students.
In 2017, an Indiana teacher <a href="https://apnews.com/article/indiana-teacher-lawsuit-transgender-student-names-883b50e19088614d71df25f0f835ed08" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was fired</a> after he objected to using trans-identifying students&#8217; new names and pronouns. Last year, a Virginia teacher was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/virginia-teacher-fired-refusing-students-preferred-pronouns-speaks-out-blacklisted" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fired</a> for refusing to use a trans-identifying student&#8217;s new pronouns.
In several states, parents have <a href="https://apnews.com/article/transgender-lawsuit-school-maine-8003272a6c8b1111010ba42bea2ceb8e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> their <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/parents-reportedly-suing-school-district-allegedly-secretly-helped-transitioned-child" target="_blank" rel="noopener">children&#8217;s</a> school districts, claiming school personnel encouraged their children to change their gender identity behind their parents&#8217; backs.
In Louisiana itself, teacher Jonathan Koeppel said in 2021 that he was fired after he objected to the schools in his New Orleans-area district teaching gender ideology, as well as Critical Race Theory.
“I started noticing kids talking about political topics that were being brought up in other classes by their teachers, and realized that someone had to get this conversation started,” Koeppel <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/30/teacher-fired-after-speaking-against-gender-identity-critical-race-theory-and-mask-mandates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the time. “I just happened to be that someone.”

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The University of Cincinnati reportedly <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/07/08/university-rescinds-reprimand-for-professor-who-failed-student-for-using-term-biological-woman/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pulled back</a> on a reprimand for a gender studies professor who had failed a student over her use of the term &#8220;biological woman&#8221; in a project proposal.
Professor Melanie Nipper <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/professor-ordered-to-complete-free-speech-training-after-failing-student-for-using-biological-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failed</a> student Olivia Krolczyk’s assignment — a proposal for a final project in her Gender in Popular Culture class — after which Ashley Currier, the head of the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies reprimanded Nipper and ordered her to attend free speech training.
&#8220;To prevent any further violation of [the free speech] policy, you must complete training on the requirements of the Campus Free Speech Policy. Through the end of Academic Year 2024/2025, you must submit all syllabi to … me at least two weeks prior to the beginning of classes for review and approval,&#8221; the reprimand read in part, and reminded Nipper that further violations of university policy could result in her losing her position.
Nipper appealed the decision, however, saying that any &#8220;restriction on harmful speech&#8221; was &#8220;necessary to ensure a safe learning environment&#8221; and that &#8220;the topic itself was inappropriate as it targeted trans women as a source of oppression for cis women in sports.&#8221;
&#8220;Additionally, as the class has students that identify as gender non-conforming and/or trans, I felt it was necessary to educate her regarding inclusive language to ensure a safe learning environment for other students,&#8221; Nipper added.
After a meeting between Nipper and university administrators, the school determined that the reprimand had been &#8220;issued in error&#8221; and would be removed from the professor&#8217;s personnel file. She will still be required to attend the free speech training and submit syllabi to the head of her department for review.
&#8220;UC is affirming that professors will have no consequences for failing students with dissenting opinions,&#8221; Krolczyk said in a statement after learning that the school had chosen to rescind the reprimand. &#8220;They will not uphold a student’s rights to free speech and will take no action to ensure that the educators hired are acting in a professional manner.&#8221;

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On June 12, the largest public school system in the country issued new guidelines on how schools should support transgender and “gender-expansive” students. 
The New York State Education Department promulgated a <a href="https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/student-support-services/creating-a-safe-supportive-and-affirming-school-environment-for-transgender-and-gender-expansive-students.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">42-page document</a> outlining how educators should address trans-identifying students. The state’s directive mirrors the guidance previously issued by the National Education Association (NEA), which released a similar document in 2015 titled <a href="https://hrc-prod-requests.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/files/assets/resources/Schools-In-Transition.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Schools in Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools</a>.” The Freedom Foundation <a href="https://www.freedomfoundation.com/teachers-unions/neas-schools-in-transition-guide-instructs-teachers-to-encourage-transgenderism-in-the-classroom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">uncovered</a> the stunning report last month, which reveals the near decade long push by the teachers union for radical gender ideology in the classroom.
New York’s new public school policies are eerily similar to the NEA’s 2015 guide. Both documents begin with an introduction that insists students — therefore, minors — are able to be neither male nor female, may change their gender day by day, and go so far as instructing teachers on how to keep a student’s gender transition a secret from the child’s parents.
The New York State Education Department <a href="https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/student-support-services/creating-a-safe-supportive-and-affirming-school-environment-for-transgender-and-gender-expansive-students.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">document</a> declares:
<blockquote>“Some TGE (transgender and gender expansive) students have not talked to their families about their gender identity because of safety concerns or lack of acceptance and may begin their transition at school without parent/guardian knowledge.” It continues, “Only the student knows whether it is safe to share their identity with caregivers, and schools should be mindful that some TGE students do not want or cannot have their parents/guardians know about their transgender status.”</blockquote>
The guidance goes on to mandate that all employees and students conform, demanding:
<blockquote>“All school staff members and students must refer to students by their chosen names and pronouns and schools should create opportunities to confirm the correct information with all their students in a manner that respects student privacy.”</blockquote>
Even further, the schools will censure anyone who doesn&#8217;t conform:
<blockquote>“Intentionally referring to a student, verbally or in writing, by a pronoun inconsistent with the student’s gender identity or by a name other than the student’s affirmed name is a NYS Human Rights Law violation and is unacceptable.”</blockquote>
Imagine getting a call from the principal’s office because your child called a boy a boy or called a girl a girl. Even worse, imagine finding out your 8th grader is “transitioning” behind your back, and the school district is intentionally preventing you from finding out.
Continuing to ignore science, the guidance requires that:
<blockquote> “Students must be permitted to participate in all school activities (for example, day and overnight field trips) in accordance with their gender identity asserted at school.”</blockquote>
Additionally, transgender and &#8220;gender expansive&#8221; students must be provided access to facilities such as restrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms consistent with their gender identity asserted at school.
These mind-boggling assertions mimic the NEA’s 2015 guidance, which declared that regardless of the feelings of their peers, transgender students must be allowed to use the restroom that matches their new gender identity. The teachers union guidance also defies biological facts by insisting that transgender students do not have any athletic advantage and must be allowed to join sports teams that reflect their new gender identity.
This Left-wing propaganda crafted by the NEA in 2015 has finally infiltrated the largest public school system in the country and not without consequences. The number of young people who identify as transgender has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/10/science/transgender-teenagers-national-survey.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nearly doubled</a> in recent years.
It is obvious the NY guidance was inspired by the NEA’s guidelines seeking to bombard our youth with progressive politics instead of actually educating them. 
In May, New York’s Democratic committee <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2023/05/key-new-york-democratic-party-subcommittee-opposed-resolution-lgbtq-education/386316/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed a resolution</a> that called for elected officials and the governor to create a statewide LGBTQ curriculum for public schools.
The Left-wing indoctrination train has left the station, and it’s up to teachers and parents to be aware of these radical initiatives and put an end to this attack on our children.
Juliana Rubio is a communications strategist and spokesperson of the <a href="https://www.freedomfoundation.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Freedom Foundation</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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A new poll released by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) reveals that an increasing majority of Americans support the idea that there are only two genders.
The <a href="https://www.prri.org/research/the-politics-of-gender-pronouns-and-public-education/">poll</a> asked more than 5,400 Americans to give their opinions on the gender binary, relationships with &#8220;LGBTQ people,&#8221; and the role of public schools in teaching sex and gender identity. The poll focused on different ethnic and religious groups in the U.S., breaking down the results by generation.
PPRI found that 65% of Americans, up from 59% in 2021, say there are only two genders: male and female. These views are highly salient, as 50% of Americans “feel strongly” that there are two genders, while 15% believe there are two genders but do not feel strongly about it. Only 14% of Americans believe strongly that there are more than two genders.
The poll revealed sharp partisan differences. 90% of Republicans support the gender binary, with 80% feeling strongly about it. 44% of Democrats agree, up from 38% in 2021. 66% of independents also believe in two genders, up from 60%.
Support for the traditional view on gender increased or remained constant in every polled demographic. The most dramatic increases were in “Other Protestants of Color” (increase from 52% to 73%), Hispanic Catholics (48% to 66%), and “Other non-Christian religion” (42% to 55%). White evangelicals had the highest support (92%), while Jewish Americans had the lowest (44%), even lower than the unaffiliated (46%).
Along racial lines, black Americans are the most likely to support the gender binary (70%), with white and Hispanic Americans closely following (66%). Multiracial Americans had lower support (56%), and Asian Americans were the least likely to support the binary (53%).
Every generation also saw an increase in support for the binary, with a complete flip among Generation Z — from 43% support to 57% in just two years. Millennials also saw a nine-point increase to 60%, presumably a manifestation of the rightward shift among young voters reported recently by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/upshot/millennials-polling-politics-republicans.html">The New York Times</a>.
Further, 62% of Americans believe “people spend too much time talking about their gender and pronouns.” Even a majority of those who are or have a close relationship with someone who is lesbian, gay, or bisexual agree with this statement.
The poll also included questions about when teaching about same-sex relationships and transgenderism in public schools is appropriate. 34% of Americans — 55% of Republicans, 32% of independents, and 18% of Democrats — opposed teaching same-sex relationships in all stages of school.
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7% believe teaching transgenderism is appropriate in early elementary school, 11% in late elementary school, 26% in middle school, and 18% in high school. The largest category, however, opposes teaching transgenderism in K-12 schools at all stages, at 36%. 
Most Americans believe that public schools interfere too much with parental rights, at 53%. 79% of Republicans, 50% of independents, and 31% of Democrats agreed.

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A prestigious college at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oxford-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Oxford</a> announced Thursday that violating its new transgender harassment policy, including using the wrong pronouns, could lead to expulsion.
Regent’s Park College released a <a href="https://www.rpc.ox.ac.uk/trans-inclusion-statement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trans Inclusion Statement</a>, which outlines in detail what the college considers “transphobic harassment” and threatens offenders with severe penalties, including expulsion.
The statement declares, “Any unlawful discriminatory behaviour, including transphobic harassment or bullying of by individuals or groups, will be regarded extremely seriously and could be grounds for disciplinary action, which may include expulsion or dismissal.”
The college’s statement goes on to define “transphobia” broadly, including acts like “denying or disputing the validity and/or existence of a trans person’s identity,” “refusal to treat a person in accordance with their affirmed identity,” and “misgendering” by using “the wrong name or pronoun.”
The college further admits that “it is not possible to have a comprehensive definition of transphobia.” The college interprets the United Kingdom’s <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Equality Act of 2010</a> to forbid discrimination based on gender identity, even though the law uses the medical term “gender reassignment” rather than “gender identity” in its anti-discrimination language.
The Trans Inclusion Statement came out in the wake of a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/30/trans-activists-disrupt-kathleen-stock-speech-at-oxford-union" target="_blank" rel="noopener">controversial talk</a> the college hosted given by “gender-critical feminist” <a href="https://twitter.com/Docstockk?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kathleen Stock</a>, a former professor at the University of Sussex. Stock’s talk was heavily protested and even interrupted by a trans activist who glued her hands to the floor of the stage.
Stock promoted her book “Material Girls,” stating that she wants “trans people protected from violence and discrimination,” but that it was “not fair on females” to share spaces like bathrooms and changing rooms with biological men. She called for “third spaces” as a compromise.
At the end of its statement, the college briefly mentions how the Equality Act protects religious belief and states that it respects the right of “those holding gender-critical beliefs” with the qualification that their speech “does not constitute harassment as not respecting the rights and freedoms of others.”
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Despite the college’s ode to free speech and religious liberty, the language banning “denying or disputing the validity and/or existence of a trans person’s identity” was similar to the charges protesters threw at Stock a few days earlier.
One sign read, “Our existence is not a debate,” and protest leader Amaid Haran Diman said, “[Stock] wants to be the polite voice of a trans-exclusionary movement, but I don’t believe in her good faith. I don’t think she wants to have a civil conversation. If you look at her behaviour online it is very hostile. I think it is hateful and intolerant.”
The new policy at the University of Oxford college comes in the midst of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/court-rules-against-free-speech-group-upholds-virginia-tech-bias-policy">legal challenges</a> to colleges’ bias and harassment policies in the United States, highlighting the conflict between such policies and free speech principles.

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A Christian in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-kingdom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United Kingdom</a> has been banned from teaching after he was accused of &#8220;misgendering&#8221; a female student who identified as a male.  
An investigation from the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA), the U.K.’s government regulatory office for education, banned 33-year-old Joshua Sutcliffe from teaching after allegedly “misgendering” the student and expressing his opposition to same-sex marriage. 
While teaching math, Sutcliffe said “well-done girls” to a group of students at The Cherwell School, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12113249/Christian-teacher-suspended-misgendering-trans-pupil-banned-teaching.html">according</a> to The Telegraph. The agency found that Sutcliffe had failed to show the student, a girl who identified as a boy, “dignity and respect.” 
Sutcliffe was placed on leave after that incident, which took place back in 2017. Additionally, the TRA said that it was inappropriate for Sutcliffe to express his opposition to same-sex marriage and accused him of exposing the identity of the child he was accused of “misgendering” during a TV interview about the controversy. 
“The panel was satisfied that the conduct of Mr. Sutcliffe fell significantly short of the standard of behaviour expected of a teacher,” the TRA said in a statement. 
Alan Meyrick, the head of the TRA, said that the ruling, which prohibits Sutcliffe from teaching at any school in England, was necessary to give people faith in the education system. 
“In my view, it is necessary to impose a prohibition order in order to maintain public confidence in the profession,” he said. 
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Sutcliffe said in an interview with Times Radio that he would have been willing not to use pronouns, but the TRA was unconvinced. He added that his marriage comments came after a student asked him what the Christian view of marriage was, and he said it was between one man and one woman. 
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“Well, I don’t think it’s kind, actually. I think that it’s a very dangerous path where you take powerful drugs,” he said. “You’re encouraging these students to go down a really dangerous, and really serious path. And I don’t think in our society we’re taking it serious enough.”
Sutcliffe, backed by the Christian Legal Centre, said in another statement that using pronouns not associated with a student’s biological sex would harm them. 
“I believe affirming children in gender confusion in the classroom is psychologically damaging for them. I refuse to go against my conscience and cause a child harm and refuse to apologize for that,” he said. 
In 2025, Sutcliffe is eligible to appeal to have his ban revoked.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/goldman-sachs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Goldman Sachs</a> has reportedly distributed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender-pronouns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pronoun</a> guides to help staffers become “inclusive” allies even as the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/banks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">financial</a> sector faces a crisis.
The rainbow-colored pamphlet entitled “Bring Your Authentic Self,” which was <a href="https://twitter.com/StanfordReview/status/1645561878192717825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1645561881934069760%7Ctwgr%5Eb18f7038bf7557cd1eb46ca47f9b52caf09e150f%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com%2Fnews%2Fze-zir-goldman-sachs-encourages-employees-to-use-gender-neutral-pronouns%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained</a> by campus conservative outlet The Stanford Review and <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/04/13/goldman-sachs-hands-out-pronoun-pamphlets-as-it-fights-sex-harassment-suits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> by The New York Post, informs employees at the investment bank that “a gender-neutral or gender-inclusive pronoun is a pronoun that does not associate a gender with the individual who is being discussed.”
Beyond the customary “he, him, his, himself” and “she, her, hers, herself,” staffers were told they could use “they, them, their, themself” or “ze, zir, zir, zirself” as gender-neutral alternatives.
The pamphlet included example sentences using the gender-neutral pronouns, such as “ze went to the store” or “the apple was zirs.” Goldman Sachs recommends using an individual’s name instead of pronouns for another gender-neutral alternative.
Employees were also told to “proactively share your pronouns to foster an environment of respect and awareness,” as well as “practice using gender-neutral pronouns on your own time” and make a “concerted effort” to develop comfort with the phrases.
The promotion of LGBTQ ideology at Goldman Sachs occurs as banks experience significant credit crunches caused by Federal Reserve efforts to increase target interest rates, a phenomenon which devalues long-term government securities and corporate bonds. Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed last month amid a rush from depositors to withdraw their account balances, prompting the Federal Reserve to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/business-moguls-warn-banking-crunch-is-far-from-over" target="_blank" rel="noopener">predict</a> that a mild recession would impact the United States in the second half of this year.
Goldman Sachs has nevertheless issued a number of nods toward the LGBTQ movement in recent years. The company previously recognized “International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia,” also known as “IDAHOBIT,” to raise <a href="https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/blog/posts/promoting-lgbtq-inclusivity-today-and-every-day.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">awareness</a> of purported LGBTQ discrimination and featured a number of stories from employees who claimed homosexual or transgender identity.
The company has also <a href="https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/blog/posts/reflecting-on-pride-month-2021.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hosted</a> various events for “Pride Month,” such as discussions with prominent activists and a month-long “Proudly Resilient Summit” which fundraised for more than three dozen LGBTQ nonprofits. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon “shared his perspectives on advancing inclusion and diversity at the firm and within the communities we serve.”
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Staff members interviewed by The New York Post asserted that the gestures toward inclusivity at Goldman Sachs could not overshadow the investment bank’s notoriously competitive culture. “There is no ‘authentic self’ at Goldman Sachs. It’s your Goldman self,” one worker said. “You will be forever judged by what you wear, how you act, how you present yourself and how you play the Goldman game.”
A spokeswoman for Goldman Sachs informed The New York Post that the pamphlets have existed since 2019. She insisted that “Goldman Sachs has a long and strong record of promoting and advancing women at all levels of the bank” despite a pending lawsuit against the firm over discrimination and bias against female employees with respect to pay and promotions.
Other financial behemoths likewise promote diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts: asset management firm Vanguard hosted a training last year asking white men to accept “uncomfortable” criticism about their biases, as shown in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/diversity-training-at-vanguard-tells-white-men-to-accept-uncomfortable-criticism-floats-holding-them-accountable" target="_blank" rel="noopener">footage</a> obtained by The Daily Wire.
Credit Suisse, which was recently acquired by competitor UBS after years of lackluster risk management and the volatile conditions in the banking sector, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mx-pips-bunce-gender-fluid-executive-at-credit-suisse-pushed-for-lgbtq-visibility-as-bank-imploded" target="_blank" rel="noopener">employs</a> an individual named “Mx. Pips Bunce” as the firm’s head of global markets core engineering integration components. The executive’s LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/pips-bunce-4795121/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">account</a> lists “she, her, they” pronouns; half of the profile picture featured on the account shows Bunce in a suit and tie, while the other half shows Bunce wearing makeup, a blonde wig, a red dress, and what appear to be fake breasts.

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/christianity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christian</a> author and self-described “unlikely convert” Rosaria Butterfield publicly denounced her past use of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender-pronouns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preferred pronouns</a> and called on other Christian thought leaders to do the same.
Butterfield, who was a “tenured radical” professor at Syracuse University and a lesbian when she became a Christian in 1999, denounced her lifestyle amid her conversion but had continued to use the preferred pronouns of her friends who identified as transgender rather than the pronouns which conformed to their true sex. “You have to meet and respect people where they are,” she said in one <a href="https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/what-is-hospitality/?fbclid=IwAR1f9JWpDrjsNJ1ni-1pUfU8nafK0-k4jcq8B_iazqMQmSL76rWg415U-Jw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with Family Life eight years ago.
Butterfield nevertheless denounced her past use of “transgendered pronouns” in an <a href="https://www.reformation21.org/blog/why-i-no-longer-use-transgender-pronouns-and-why-you-shouldnt-either" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> published on Monday, characterizing her previous endorsement of such terminology as “public sin” which requires “public repentance.&#8221;
“I have publicly sinned on the issue of transgender pronouns, which I have carelessly used in books and articles. I have publicly sinned by advocating for the use of transgender pronouns in interviews,” she wrote. “Why did I do this? I have a bunch of lame and backside-covering excuses. Here are a few. It was a carry-over from my gay activist days. I wanted to meet everyone where they were and do nothing to provoke insult.”
Butterfield, who is now a homeschool mother and is married to a Reformed Presbyterian minister, noted that the Supreme Court decision to affirm same-sex marriage prompted her to realize that there is an unavoidable “collision course between LGBTQ+ and the Christian faith.” She described her previous use of preferred pronouns as a “sin against the ninth commandment” that “encourages people to sin against the tenth commandment,” as well as a denial of the “creation ordinance” and a hindrance to “a believer’s progressive sanctification” away from sin and toward righteousness.
“Using transgendered pronouns isn’t a sin because the times have changed, and therefore, using transgendered pronouns isn’t sinful today but a morally acceptable option in 2012. Sin is sin. The Bible defines this as sin. Sin does not lose its evil because of our good intentions or the personal sensibilities of others,” she continued. “But a renewed focus is no excuse for sin and no dodge for repentance, not for a real Christian. I repent.”
Butterfield, who wrote “The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert” as a memoir about her conversion, shifted her attention later in the article toward self-professed Christian commentators, such as New York Times opinion columnist David French and Wheaton College clinical psychologist Mark Yarkhouse, who continue to use transgendered pronouns in the name of “being winsome” yet thereby promote falsehood harmful to believers and unbelievers alike.
“They nod in the direction of traditional values but then swap biblical clarity for postmodern pluralism, thus burning to the ground any legitimate theological bridge to gospel grace,” she wrote. “Transgenderism is satanic. We who once promoted ‘pronoun hospitality’ lent false credibility to a wolfish theology that fails to protect the sheep. Instead, it eats them alive.”
Daily Wire reporter Megan Basham and other prominent Christians have likewise noted how professed theological conservatives such as French tend to deny historic doctrines on matters such as sexuality in order to avoid offense at all costs. French and other influencers meanwhile encouraged evangelicals to embrace the Biden administration’s closure of churches and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-the-federal-government-used-evangelical-leaders-to-spread-covid-propaganda-to-churches" target="_blank" rel="noopener">upheld</a> former National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins as a model for Christian faithfulness in the public square, even though Collins declared himself an “ally” of the LGBTQ movement and supported human fetal tissue research during his tenure.

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