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Harold Schiffman
haroldfs at gmail.com
Fri Feb 22 16:24:04 UTC 2019
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Harold F. Schiffman
Professor Emeritus of
Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
Phone: (215) 898-7475
Fax: (215) 573-2138
Email: haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/
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- Previous message (by thread): [lg policy] niversity of Minnesota backs off proposal to punish people for not using preferred gender pronouns COLLEGE FIX STAFF •FEBRUARY 21, 2019 SHARE THIS ARTICLE: The College Fix on Facebook The College Fix on Twitter The College Fix on Youtube Share on Email New proposal removes language concerning sanctions The University of Minnesota recently unveiled the latest draft of a proposed administrative policy on gender identity that removed controversial language that had proposed punishing students and faculty for not using preferred gender pronouns. Potential sanctions had included firing or expulsion in previous drafts. The policy allows for university members to use “a specified name that differs from the name listed on their legal documents, use a gender identity that differs from their sex and/or sex assigned at birth, and/or specify the pronouns and other gendered personal references used to refer to them.” Previous drafts included language for disciplinary sanctions for fail
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