Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned his employees at the Department of State not to engage in “misgendering,” as violent conflicts in Europe and the Middle East continue to rage on.
Blinken sent out the guidance on language in the days following the United States’ missile strike of Iran-backed militants in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for the killing of three American soldiers, turning his attention away from the conflict to tell officials which terms they should — and shouldn’t — use when talking about gender.
The February 5th memo, first reported by National Review, warned State Department employees that it “can be problematic” and send a “harmful message” to use gendered language like “mother/father,” “son/daughter,” and “husband/wife.”
But while Blinken is distributing guidance on “misgendering” at the State Department, which is…
