By John Mack Freeman
The University of Tennessee had issued advice to tutors from the Office of Diversity and Inclusion that encouraged individuals to avoid assuming gender in assigning pronouns to people they were working with. However, after the change started to receive some press attention, the school quickly changed its tune. Via PinkNews:
After negative publicity, UT President Joe DiPietro told trustees that the references to gender-neutral pronouns will be removed from the school’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion website.
DiPietro said he was “deeply concerned about the attention this matter continues to receive and the harm it has had on the reputation of the University of Tennessee.”
He added that in future, the university will not “publish any campus-wide practice or policy” without prior approval.
