The firing has dismayed some of its alumni, nearly 600 of whom signed a petition in protest. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK – When Ms Raegan Zelaya and Mr Shua Wilmot decided to include their pronouns at the end of their work e-mails, they thought they were doing a good thing: following what they viewed as an emerging professional standard and also sending a message of inclusivity at the Christian university where they worked.
With fewer than 1,000 students, Houghton is smaller and off the beaten track, but it has made other recent moves that put it in line with its conservative Christian peers and that have alarmed some alumni. Since 2021, it has closed a multicultural student centre and an environmental sustainability programme and rescinded its recognition of an on-campus LGBTQ club after the club declined to more promote conservative views on sex and gender.
“There’s the professional piece to it and the practical piece, and there’s also an inclusive piece, and I think that’s the piece this institution doesn’t want,” Mr Wilmot, 29, said. Ms Raegan Zelaya was fired from her job at Houghton University for refusing to remove her pronouns from her work e-mail signature. PHOTO: NYTIMES
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