Tag: misgendering

UK Police Force Apologises for Warning Public Not to Misgender Convicted Paedophile

An English police force has apologised for telling people not to make “hateful comments” about a transgender sex offender’s gender identity after the home secretary told them to “focus on catching criminals not policing pronouns.” On Tuesday, Sussex Police posted on Twitter a news piece with the headline “Woman convicted of historic offences against children in…


Parents Rally Over ‘Malicious Misgendering’ School Policy in Northern Virginia

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—A group of parents rallied outside the Fairfax County school board meeting on Thursday night to protest the board’s new “malicious misgendering” policy that disciplines elementary school students for not addressing transgender students with their preferred pronouns. Later in the night, the board voted 8–4 and approved the new policy as a part…


Wisconsin Middle School Called to Dismiss Sexual Harassment Charges Against Students Accused of ‘Misgendering’

A constitutional-rights law firm has given middle school officials in Kiel, Wisconsin, until May 23 to respond to its call to drop a sexual harassment complaint and investigation against three students who misgendered a female student who identifies as nonbinary. Luke Berg, an attorney with the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty—a nonprofit law firm…