President Joe Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is ordering its employees to defy biological reality by referring to transgender coworkers by their “preferred pronouns.”
The HHS, which employs approximately 80,000 people in the United States and abroad, imposed its new “Gender Identity and Non-Discrimination Guidance” late last week, which outlines “employee rights and protections related to gender identity,” according to an alleged HHS email sent to employees.
“All employees should be addressed by the names and pronouns they use to describe themselves,” the HHS email reads.
HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Rachel Levine, who describes himself as “an out and proud transgender woman” in the video, said this policy ensures that “all HHS employees, including transgender and nonbinary employees, have equal protections in the workplace.” He added that all supervisors and managers are responsible for enforcing the policy.
“Every one of us can play a role in creating a welcoming workplace,” he said. “Every one of you can make a difference in improving the feelings of inclusion for your coworkers.”
Former director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights during the Trump administration Roger Severino accused the agency of “compelled speech” in a statement to CNA.
Severino, who now works as vice president of domestic policy for the Heritage Foundation, said HHS has “replaced science and evidence with ideology” by implementing its gender ideology policy and argued that the policy could be used to target Christian employees.
“It absolutely will lead to targeting Christians because the Biden administration has made it abundantly clear that it prioritizes gender ideology over free speech and religious freedom rights,” Severino said.
