University of Tennesse President DiPietro nixes gender-neutral pronoun recommendation. Takes it off UTK website.http://t.co/MVGyILd2Ut #VFL
— Sen. Frank Niceley (@SenFrankNiceley) September 4, 2015
University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro informed the UT Board of Trustees on Friday that a university newsletter article advocating the use of "gender neutral" pronouns such as "ze" for "he" and "she" for some students will be removed from UT-Knoxville's Office for Diversity and Inclusion's website.