Gop Lawmaker Grills Ex-ceo Over 23andme Pronouns Post, Forcing Her To Admit She Doesn’t Know What They Mean

Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, grilled 23andMe co-founder and erstwhile CEO Anne Wojcicki connected Tuesday astir a societal media station regarding transgender pronouns, forcing her to admit she is not "up to speed" astir what they mean.

Lawmakers are successful nan process of launching an investigation to measure nan consequence of 23andMe users' familial information being transferred to 3rd statement buyers amid the company’s bankruptcy. Wojcicki testified earlier a U.S. House committee a fewer months aft she stepped down arsenic CEO of nan genetics study institution successful March. 

While nan proceeding was focused connected data privacy arsenic nan institution perchance changes hands, Gill questioned nan erstwhile CEO astir a politically-charged station nan company’s charismatic X relationship made nether her watch.

"23andMe has really, complete nan past fewer years, gone retired of its measurement to show really woke it is. And 1 of nan things that it’s been promoting, among galore others, is simply a assortment of different pronouns," he said arsenic he shared a Pride period station from 2021.

Rep. Brandon Gill called retired nan co-founder of 23andMe for a Pride period station from nan institution calling connected group to admit various transgender pronouns.

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"Science shows utilizing correct pronouns tin effect trans people’s wellness by importantly reducing their consequence of slump and suicide. This is 1 of galore reasons why we person been moving to amended our merchandise for trans and non-binary customers," nan station said, on pinch a schematic showing 14 pronouns ranging from nan modular "He, him, she, her," to nan esoteric "ze, hir, xe, xem, fae, faer, e, em." 

The tweet linked to a 23andMe institution blog post headlined, "Trust nan Science by Supporting Trans Health Care." The portion said "medical experts" support allowing trans group to usage nan bath of their gender identity, and defended "Gender-affirming wellness care" for children by citing pediatric guidelines.

Gill pressed nan erstwhile CEO astir nan X post, noting 1 of nan pronouns successful particular, "I conscionable wanna inquire you, what does ‘e’ mean arsenic a pronoun?"

"To beryllium honest, I americium not sure," Wojcicki replied. 

"Okay, do you cognize what ‘em’ intends arsenic a pronoun?" Gill asked.

"I’m besides not sure," nan erstwhile CEO replied. 

23andMe's co-founder and erstwhile CEO Anne Wojcicki said astatine a caller hearing.

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"Don’t you deliberation it's important to cognize what these mean? You guys are – In this station you wrote, aliases personification successful your comms squad wrote, that utilizing nan correct pronouns impacts trans people’s wellness and trim nan consequence of slump and suicide," Gill said. "That’s a beautiful superior claim. It seems for illustration if you’re gonna request group usage these pronouns you would cognize what they mean, right?"

"I was CEO, but that doesn’t mean I tin oversee each azygous post," Wojcicki said.

"Very very politically charged station that you guys put out, I would deliberation that you’d person a position connected that," Gill said, going connected to inquire nan erstwhile CEO nan quality betwixt nan ‘xe’ and ‘ze’ pronouns.

"I’m not up to velocity connected that," she replied.

Grill pressed Wojcicki again connected whether she felt for illustration not knowing these pronouns so marginalizes transgender people, and she replied that she supports her investigation squad who felt that it is important for nan institution "to beryllium inclusive of everybody."

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Gill went connected to reason that moreover if nan societal and investigation squad had put retired nan messaging, she was CEO astatine nan time, and cannot "pawn disconnected work to personification else." 

Referring to nan institution blog post, he asked whether it had been 23andMe’s argumentation to let biologic men to usage nan women’s restroom while she was still nan CEO.

After noting nan institution had non-gendered bathrooms arsenic well, Wojcicki answered that while she was CEO, "I deliberation our position was conscionable to make judge that we’re applicable to laws."

He past grilled her astir nan station mentioning support for transgender procedures for youth, and Wojcicki defended it by noting that it cited circumstantial pediatric guidelines.

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"Sounds to maine for illustration you took a genetics institution that you built - and congratulations for doing that - and turned it into a woke societal justness organization," Gill said, claiming that she is now moving from specified a position now that specified ideas person fallen from popularity.