<div dir="ltr"><h1>Avoid ‘he’ or ‘she’, Sussex University students warned</h1>
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<figcaption>The 'gender inclusive' language policy states that pronouns should be "stated at the beginning of every meeting".</figcaption>
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<p><span style="font-size:1.2em">The
use of ‘he’ or ‘she’ has been strongly discouraged in a new policy
released by the University of Sussex Students’ Union (USSU).</span></p>
<p>The ‘gender inclusive’ language policy states that “the
gender-neutral pronoun ‘they’ should be used as opposed to ‘he’ or
‘she’”, where an individual has not expressly stated their preferred
pronoun.</p>
<p>The news comes shortly after it was revealed that students at the
University of Oxford could be expelled if they fail to use
gender-neutral pronouns.</p>
<h2>Stereotypes</h2>
<p>Training for elected union officers on the USSU policy will be
developed with a group that “seeks to free individuals and society from
the oppressive confines of the gender binary”.</p>
<p>‘Gender Liberation Sussex’, which campaigns for “trans and non-binary
rights” at the university, believes the “gender binary, and all the
harmful stereotypes and heteronormativity associated with it is
fundamentally unjust, and should be dismantled”.</p>
<p>The Sussex policy states that pronouns should be “stated at the
beginning of every meeting, even if they have been stated at previous
meetings”.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.sussexstudent.com/democracy/policies/gender-inclusive-language/">‘Gender inclusive’ language policy of the University of Sussex Students’ Union</a></p>
<p>It adds that it “should be adopted by all Students’ Union staff and
students participating in Union activities”, such as student media and
elections.</p>
<h2>Expulsion</h2>
<p>Last month, The Sunday Times reported that at the University of
Oxford, students and staff are now required to use the gender neutral
pronouns ‘zie’ or ‘ey’ instead of ‘he’ or ‘she’ when referring to
transsexual people.</p>
<p>The behaviour guidelines, which have been in place for two years,
state that “deliberately using the wrong name or pronoun in relation to a
transgender person” may amount to harassment. This could result in
disciplinary action, including dismissal for staff members, or an
expulsion for students.</p>
<p>The guidelines were criticised by Dr Jordan Peterson, a professor at the University of Toronto.</p>
<p>Dr Peterson said that “UK universities should resist this”, and that
whole disciplines of study had already been irretrievably given over to
such ideologies.</p>
<h2>Institute briefing</h2>
<p>The issue of transsexualism – wanting to change physical sex because
you feel you are ‘in the wrong body’ – has become increasingly high
profile.</p>
<p>To aid understanding in this area, The Christian Institute has
produced a briefing with key information and theology on the subject.</p>
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<h3><a href="http://www.christian.org.uk/resource/transsexualism-briefing/">Transsexualism</a></h3>
<ul class="gmail-content__meta"><li><time datetime="2016-09-30 15:41:10">30 Sep 2016</time></li></ul> <p>Transsexualism
– wanting to change physical sex because you feel you are ‘in the wrong
body’ – has become an increasingly high-profile issue. People in the
public eye have ‘changed their sex’, and the media normalises
transsexualism. There has been a corresponding push for greater
transsexual rights. This briefing introduces some of the issues at
stake. </p><p><a href="http://www.christian.org.uk/news/avoid-sussex-university-students-warned/">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/avoid-sussex-university-students-warned/</a><br></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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