Last week, State Department employees’ email displays were assigned involuntary, and in some instances incorrect, pronouns

State Department employees’ email name displays were assigned involuntary, and in some instances incorrect, pronouns.

A long-serving State Department official provided a look into the department’s internal reaction to the pronoun fiasco.

The diversity czars for at least two bureaus sent an email asking staff to reflect on how the so-called misgendering of coworkers made them feel and to understand that is why they should feel bad any time they use the ostensibly wrong pronouns of another person.

In May of 2021, National Review publicized internal guidance emails urging employees to “consider a shift in language to avoid making assumptions that can be offensive to transgender and gender nonconforming employees” Just a few months later, in October 2021, the State Department posted a tweet celebrating “international pronouns day” The tweet was posted on the heels of the deadly and humiliating Afghanistan withdrawal, highlighting in a very meta way the backwardness of the department’s priorities.