{"id":1628289,"date":"2022-08-31T12:36:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T16:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1628289"},"modified":"2022-08-31T12:36:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T16:36:58","slug":"ze-started-it-maryland-high-school-pushes-ze-zir-zirs-pronouns-on-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ze-started-it-maryland-high-school-pushes-ze-zir-zirs-pronouns-on-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Ze Started It: Maryland High School Pushes \u2018Ze, Zir, Zirs\u2019 Pronouns on Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fze-started-it-maryland-high-school-pushes-ze-zir-zirs-pronouns-on-students%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1628289&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Maryland public high school is teaching students to use gender-neutral pronouns such as &#8220;ze, zir, and zirs&#8221; to address classmates rather than assuming anyone&#8217;s gender.<\/p>\n<p>Students in Frederick County&#8217;s Brunswick High School were asked to use pronouns, including &#8220;ze, zir, and zirs&#8221; or &#8220;they, them, theirs&#8221; if they &#8220;don&#8217;t know&#8221; someone&#8217;s preferred pronouns, according to photos of a classroom presentation obtained by the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>. Sample sentences included to show how to use the pronouns include &#8220;Zir family is nice,&#8221; &#8220;That car is zirs,&#8221; and &#8220;ze is calling.&#8221;\u00a0 Students were also required to state their pronouns in back-to-school surveys, the images show.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Left-wing advocacy groups have led the charge for expanded pronoun use in schools. In 2020, the Human Rights Campaign, GLSEN, and other LGBT organizations endorsed <a href=\"https:\/\/siecus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NSES-2020-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Sex Education Standards<\/a> that called for the end of pronouns based on the gender binary, among other recommendations. President Joe Biden&#8217;s Education Department has similarly pushed for gender identity lessons as part of sex education.<\/p>\n<p>April Montgomery, a mother of two students in Frederick County schools, said parents are &#8220;livid&#8221; over the school&#8217;s decision to teach gender ideology. When Montgomery asked if her daughter could opt out of the pronoun lessons, administrators denied her request, noting the assignment was required for English class.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t even know this was going to be taking place,&#8221; Montgomery told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;I thought she was safe in English class.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Cuppett, executive director of curriculum, instruction, and innovation for Frederick County Public Schools, told the\u00a0<em>Free Beacon<\/em> the classroom presentation was &#8220;created by one teacher and used in one classroom.&#8221; He confirmed, though, that the school district uses curriculum resources from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, an educational publishing company. A student pronoun survey similar to the one used at Brunswick is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmhco.com\/blog\/lgbtq-educational-resources-for-teachers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available on the company&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cuppett also said the district had &#8220;addressed&#8221; the presentation with the teacher, but did not clarify further.<\/p>\n<p>Many schools have adopted similar pronoun standards. Pennsylvania&#8217;s Department of Education in August listed the pronouns &#8220;ne, ve, ze\/zie, and xe&#8221; on its website and told teachers to ask for students&#8217; preferred pronouns this school year, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pennsylvania-dept-education-website-lists-gender-neutral-pronouns-ze-xe-students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the sweeping LGBT mandates, parents nationwide are advocating for more public school oversight. Many parents have either opted their children out of course requirements or <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/some-schools-wont-tell-parents-when-their-kids-express-gender-confusion-experts-say-thats-illegal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued districts<\/a> for implementing what they see as an aggressive LGBT agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A vocal minority is bullying students into ignoring basic grammar rules in the name of inclusivity\u2014and ironically, anyone who dares to reject this coercion is branded an intolerant bigot,&#8221; Nicole Neily, president of Parents Defending Education, told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;Schools are failing our children, and plummeting literacy rates are just one indication of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That includes parents in Maryland&#8217;s Montgomery County, who <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/maryland-school-district-hides-childrens-gender-identity-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued<\/a> their school board for instructing teachers to conceal information about students&#8217; gender identities. A federal judge dismissed the case in August.<\/p>\n<p>Pursuant to a 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/FR-2021-03-11\/pdf\/2021-05200.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order<\/a>, the Department of Education in June unveiled <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/no-girls-allowed-biden-education-department-proposes-radical-title-ix-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposed changes to Title IX<\/a>, effectively ending sex-separate spaces in schools. The guidance defined misuse of gender pronouns as a form of sexual harassment, which could leave dissenters open to lawsuits if the rules are adopted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Maryland public high school is teaching students to use gender-neutral pronouns such as &#8220;ze, zir, and zirs&#8221; to address classmates rather than assuming anyone&#8217;s gender. 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