What’s in a Pronoun? Harris Campaign Asks Job Applicants to Pick ‘Neo-Pronouns’

A common enough feature of job applications is a list of prior professional positions, and maybe a list of skills or characteristics a prospective employer might appreciate. Far less common are lists of “neo-pronouns,” but that’s exactly what Vice President Kamala Harris is looking for from prospective campaign staffers.

The Harris campaign’s “Work with Us” website lists multiple open positions. When a candidate clicks on a job to apply, space is provided to attach a resume or CV, type a name, and pick a set of pronouns. Options include “He/him,” “She/her,” “They/them,” “Xe/xem,” “Ze/hir,” “Ey/em,” “Hir/hir,” “Fae/faer,” and “Hu/hu.” Applicants may also request that they be addressed only by their names instead of by pronouns, or may create their own “custom” set of pronouns. An explanatory note below the pronoun selection section reads, “Let the employer know what pronouns you use so that they can address you correctly.”

Social media has already erupted with jokes over the Harris campaign’s pronoun selection section. YouTuber and podcaster Blaire White quipped, “Kamala Harris has more pronouns (9) than policies (0) on her website.” Richard Hanania, founder and president of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology, joked, “I would love to see someone ask Tim Walz to explain the difference between ze/hir and hir/hir,” referring to Harris’s running mate. Indicating the “neo-pronouns” on the list, one social media user commented, “Half of those are just the noises Joe Biden makes when he tries to talk.” Another social media user more soberly observed, “That’s kind of all they are running on. Identity politics and abortion.”

In addition to standard questions regarding professional and campaign experience, start date, and willingness to relocate, the application also asks, “How would you contribute to building a diverse culture?” and “Describe a time when you had to overcome adversity.”

At the bottom of the application are two optional surveys. The first is a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity questionnaire, which asks for an applicant’s gender. The only options are “Male,” “Female,” or “Decline to self-identify.” Below that is a “diversity survey” from the Harris campaign. Options for “gender identity” include “Female,” “Male,” “Transgender,” “Non-binary/non-conforming,” or “I do not wish to identify.” Other questions on the survey ask, “Do you identify as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community?” and “Do you identify as a member of the disability community?”

The Harris-Walz ticket has been branded as the most far-left in American history. “This is the most Radical Left duo in American history. There has never been anything like it, and there never will be again,” former President Donald Trump declared of the Vice President and Minnesota Governor Walz (D). “He’s very heavy into transgender — anything transgender he thinks is great,” Trump later said of Walz, who has been an outspoken advocate of the LGBT agenda.

Last year, Walz signed legislation that would remove children from their parents’ custody if they do not support the child’s supposed efforts to transition gender, including the use of hormone drugs and genital surgery. Walz also supported putting feminine hygiene products in boys’ bathrooms in Minnesota public schools, earning him the nickname “Tampon Tim.” Harris also has a long record of left-wing policies, having been rated by GovTrack as the furthest-left member of the U.S. Senate before ascending to the vice presidency. As part of this White House, Harris has overseen arguably the most pro-LGBT administration in American history.