‘Unbelievable!’ Outrage as Oregon social workers woke up use PREFERRED PRONOUNS to draw attention to three missing brothers, aged just 7, 4 and TWO
- The Oregon Department of Human Services has drawn criticism for listing the preferred pronouns rather than the gender of three missing children
- The media handouts issued by the Child Welfare Department included “he/he” pronouns, along with other descriptions such as age and hair color
The Oregon Department of Human Services has drawn criticism for listing the preferred pronouns rather than the gender of three missing children.
Brothers Brantley Hinson, 7, Logan Hinson, 4, and River Hinson, 2, went missing on June 17 and authorities said they had reason to believe they were in danger, KTVL reported.
The ODHS Child Welfare Division requested public assistance in locating the missing children, which it speculated might be in Oregon, Idaho, or Alaska, and provided descriptions of the children.
The identifying descriptions also included the pronouns “he/him” alongside other descriptions such as age and hair color, a move that was called “incredible”.
The children were found June 28 along with their mother, Stephanie Lloyd, and Child Protective Services thanked the community for assisting in the search.
Brothers Brantley Hinson, 7, Logan Hinson, 4, and River Hinson, 3, went missing on June 17 and authorities said they had reason to believe they were in danger
In the identifying descriptions, the ODHS included the pronouns “he/him” in addition to other descriptions such as age and hair color
Preferred pronouns are used to signal that a person is friendly towards transgender or non-binary people whose gender may not match their looks — or may not be obvious at all.
One social media user said the use of the children’s gender identity was “incredible” and normalized gender self-identification.
“These three little boys are missing and instead of giving their gender as part of their description, their preferred pronouns are listed instead.” Incredible’ the user, who goes by @Kriscilicious, wrote on Twitter.
Adding, “As if people should search for preferred pronouns.” No, they will search for little boys. It’s just another way for them to normalize the situation, albeit at the cost of helping find these children.”
Fariborz Pakseresht, director of the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS), whose child welfare department asked for public help in locating the missing children
One social media user said the use of the children’s gender identity was “incredible” and normalized gender self-identification
Other users agreed and one wrote under the post ‘Pronouns have never helped a detective solve a case.’ Ridiculous.’
However, others had no objection to their inclusion, with Maggie Ryan commenting, “Three little boys are missing and you’re being thrown through the paperwork listing pronouns.” “That’s the incredible thing here.”
The Oregon Department of Human Services did not immediately respond to requests for comment.