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Point Park University Email On Gender Pronouns Stirs Up Debate

As KDKA political editor Jon Delano reports, a memo that university officials sent to community members has stirred up a debate over gender.

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September 28, 2021

Point Park University has found itself in the middle of a national dispute over pronouns.

As KDKA political editor Jon Delano reports, a memo that university officials sent to community members has stirred up a debate over gender.

An email memo from Point Park’s Office of Equity and Inclusion was supposed to be the annual reminder of non-discrimination policies. But a paragraph on misgendering and pronoun misuse is getting national attention.



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