"Pennsylvania dept of education website lists gender-neutral pronouns 'ze,' 'xe,' for students"

"The Pennsylvania Department of Education website lists 'ne, ve, ze/zie and xe' as gender-neutral pronouns that some students may prefer and advises teachers to ask before making false assumptions about someone’s gender identity.

A page on the education department website, titled, 'Creating Gender-Inclusive Schools and Classrooms,' includes a section about 'preferred personal pronouns.'

'In addition to the traditional pronouns (he/him, she/her, they), some people prefer to use gender-neutral pronouns, such as ne, ve, ze/zie and xe,' the webpage reads. 'If you don't know a student's preferred personal pronoun, it's always best to ask.'

The webpage also defines 'binary gender' as the 'faulty concept that there are only two genders: male and female.'...

The definitions on the education department website were cited from a 2013 article by Carrie Kilman called 'The Gender Spectrum,' which claims that 'some kids know their gender identities and birth sexes don’t match almost as soon as they begin to talk' and that kids are capable of identifying as gender-fluid as young as 3...

The Pennsylvania Department of Education defended the webpage in a statement Tuesday to Fox News Digital.

'The children who attend our schools represent the diverse backgrounds and cultures of our commonwealth, and that includes Pennsylvanians with various gender identities and expression,' wrote communications director Casey Smith."