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Published: May 22, 2023

Biden State Department offers free counseling to staff ‘triggered’ by accidental ‘misgendering’

By The Editor
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Mon May 22, 2023 – 11:09 am EDTMon May 22, 2023 – 11:10 am EDT

(LifeSiteNews) — I cannot be the only one who has to frequently double-check headlines not only to make sure that they aren’t misinformation, but to ensure that the headline is not something from The Babylon Bee (something the satire site has had to address by releasing a second site, “Not the Bee: What A Time to Be Alive.”) I’m pretty sure, however, that the Biden Administration has topped The Bee with this beauty: “State Department Offers Counseling To Misgendered Employees Triggered By Email Pronoun Debacle.” 

Apparently, according to the Washington Free Beacon, a system-wide email glitch at the State Department temporarily (and randomly) assigned pronouns to staff members, with emails including “She/her/hers” or “He/Him/His” in the “from” line of the email.” The glitch resulted from an attempt by the State Department to change the system to allow for the declaration of “preferred pronouns,” but instead assigned incorrect pronouns to various employees. 

“I want to stress that the intent behind making this feature available is to make our systems more inclusive and provide employees with options—not to make decisions for them,” Kelly

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