More Universities Move To Include Gender-Neutral Pronouns

November 9, 2015
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More and more colleges and universities are allowing students to choose their own gender pronouns, meaning instead of just "he" and "she," the options now include pronouns like "ze," which are intended to be gender neutral.

Harvard is one of the universities that made the change official this year. Now, undergraduate students have a variety of pronouns to choose from when they register.

Van Bailey, the director of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Queer student life at Harvard College talks with NPR's Michel Martin about how Harvard is implementing and reacting to the changes.

Read more at NPR: http://www.npr.org/2015/11/08/455202525/more-universities-move-to-include-gender-neutral-pronouns