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TexasTowelie

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Tue Sep 7, 2021, 10:35 PM Sep 2021

Some Nebraska parents say teachers overstepped authority by asking kids pronouns

Publicly declaring one’s chosen gender pronouns has become a trend in some business correspondence and social media profiles.

Volunteering one’s pronouns is seen as a sign of sensitivity and solidarity with people of various gender identities, and also a way to avoid mistaken identity.

But should public school teachers ask children to reveal their identity?

Parents say that’s happening in some Nebraska schools.

Parents of children attending the Papillion La Vista, Lincoln, Omaha, Hastings and Cozad districts told The World-Herald that teachers asked their children in middle and high school to indicate their choice of pronouns.

Read more: https://starherald.com/news/local/education/some-nebraska-parents-say-teachers-overstepped-authority-by-asking-kids-pronouns/article_819aaf93-df9d-5205-98ea-17431d85d900.html
((Scottsbluff Star-Herald)

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