D&I furore | Workers sacked after including gender pronouns in their email signatures

Workers sacked after including gender pronouns in their email signatures

A pair of university employees were sacked after refusing to remove gender pronouns from their email signatures.

Houghton University, a Christian higher education facility in New York, has come under fire after dismissing Raegan Zelaya and Shua Wilmot, two residence hall directors who used ‘she/her’ and ‘he/him’ identifiers in their respective emails.

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