Personal pronouns

It’ll likely be a short meeting for a change for the Ann Arbor School Board tonight with a very light agenda. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has the story.

June is Pride Month, and it is be celebrated in a number of ways throughout Washtenaw County. It is also an opportunity for education and awareness. There is a good deal of conversation around the country about the use of pronouns and about how members of the LGBTQ+ community identify themselves. Joe Halsch is president of the Jim Toy Community Center in Ann Arbor. He joined WEMU’s David Fair to share the kinds of conversations he and the center are creating around these issues.

A divided Michigan Supreme Court has issued an order that requires judges, attorneys and court personnel to address litigants by the pronouns they use. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A proposed rule would require Michigan courts to respect the chosen personal pronouns of parties to legal actions. We have more from Rick Pluta.