gender identity

In an interview with Newsmax, Gov. Stitt said the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health has banned its employees from using pronouns in their email signatures, a measure he said made five employees "leave in protest."

An email seen by NPR says the move is to comply with a presidential order to "restore biological truth" to the government.

Gentner Drummond said he is challenging the idea that Oklahoma’s approach is “somehow barred by the U.S. Constitution” because it won’t change a sex designation to match a person’s gender identity.

The actions range from campaign priorities like border security to culture war issues like DEI policies.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses the public state budget negotiations, separate legal challenges to the new rules from the Biden Administration over Title IX rules and more.

The State Department of Education and Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond are separately suing the Biden Administration for changes to Title IX.

Oklahoma’s attorney general and state Department of Education are both suing the Biden administration over new Title IX rules protecting gender identity in schools.

Title IX rules are tied to hundreds of millions of federal dollars.

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly also vetoed a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a "vague" bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion.

A document called "Infinite Dignity" details what the Vatican sees as grave violations of dignity. Poverty, war and the abuse of migrants lead the list.