Wheaton College Pushes Back on Personal Pronouns in Rare Theological Win

Wheaton College has scored a rare win by clarifying its views on the use of personal pronouns by its employees, with the Evangelical school updating its student and employee handbooks to restrict staff from using he/him/she/her/zir/they/ and all other manner of insanity under the sun, reading:

“The College does not permit the statement of preferred personal pronouns by employees when conducting College business, when on a platform where they are publicly identified as College employees, and/or when using the College brand in print or digital media, except when employees are required to submit such pronouns when registering for a conference or for membership in a professional organization.”

This, of course, follows the revelation that Wheaton intentionally provides a couple of gender-neutral bathrooms as “an expression of Christian hospitality,” clawing back any goodwill that we were about to offer them.

Notably, while ostensibly using personal pronouns by students would be frowned upon, the new restrictions apply only to faculty and make no such provisions for the rest of the college body.