U. South Carolina Removes Gender and Pronoun Menus From Application

U. South Carolina Removes Gender and Pronoun Menus From Application

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace got involved here, and that’s what ended it. Good for her.

Campus Reform reports:

University of South Carolina removes gender and pronoun menus from application after contact by US representative

A university recently came under fire for including gender and pronoun sections on its admissions application despite federal crackdowns on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The University of South Carolina was exposed in a post from Libs of TikTok, which shared screenshots of the application and called for the Department of Education to defund the school.

The screenshots show two sections, “gender identity” and “personal pronouns,” each with a drop-down menu of options. The gender identity menu included options such as “agender,” “genderqueer,” and “gender nonconforming,” while the personal pronouns section included options such as “ey, em, eir, emself” and “yo, yo, yos, yoself.”

South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace (R) responded to the post later that day, saying that she had reached out to the university to inquire about the menus.

“After learning of YET ANOTHER gender form listing more than a dozen made-up ‘gender identities’ on the University of South Carolina’s website, we reached out — and had it taken down,” Mace wrote. “We appreciate USC’s VERY swift response and IMMEDIATE removal.”

The incident comes in the wake of the federal government’s crackdown on DEI in higher education. In an executive order entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” the Trump administration calls on the head of every federal agency to “include in every grant or award … a term requiring the contractual counterparty or grant recipient to agree that its compliance with all Federal anti-discrimination laws is material to the government’s payment decisions …”

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