Gender https://www.wcmu.org/tags/gender Gender en-US Copyright Wed, 10 Dec 2025 22:51:45 GMT Northern Michigan county board rejects 'only two sexes' resolution https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-10/northern-michigan-county-board-rejects-only-two-sexes-resolution About 87% of the nearly 120 people who commented on the resolution denounced it. Public input lasted nearly five hours and hundreds more people watched the meeting online. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 22:51:45 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-10/northern-michigan-county-board-rejects-only-two-sexes-resolution Nicole Walton MI Supreme Court adopts gender pronoun rule https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-09-29/mi-supreme-court-adopts-gender-pronoun-rule The court sharply split on the issue that came to the forefront in 2021 after an appeals court judge wrote an opinion lambasting a defendant's request to be referred to as “they.” Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:35:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-09-29/mi-supreme-court-adopts-gender-pronoun-rule Rick Pluta Kalamazoo county school considers removing 'Gender Queer' from its high school library https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-04-19/kalamazoo-county-school-considers-removing-gender-queer-from-its-high-school-library Last month a school librarian accused the district of breaking its own rules for reviewing books. Now the school board has heard public comments and discussed next steps. Wed, 19 Apr 2023 21:32:10 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-04-19/kalamazoo-county-school-considers-removing-gender-queer-from-its-high-school-library Leona Larson Proposed rule would require Michigan courts to respect preferred pronouns https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-01-19/proposed-rule-would-require-michigan-courts-to-respect-preferred-pronouns A public comment period has opened on a proposed rule that would require Michigan courts to respect the chosen personal pronouns of parties to legal actions. Thu, 19 Jan 2023 23:46:57 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-01-19/proposed-rule-would-require-michigan-courts-to-respect-preferred-pronouns Rick Pluta | MPRN CMU Professor hopes to inspire teachers to move beyond bias https://www.wcmu.org/education/2017-08-25/cmu-professor-hopes-to-inspire-teachers-to-move-beyond-bias Researchers say bias, implicit or explicit, impacts everything we do and studies consistently show it can have a significant impact on the ways teachers… Fri, 25 Aug 2017 13:17:25 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/education/2017-08-25/cmu-professor-hopes-to-inspire-teachers-to-move-beyond-bias