Tensions flare over gender pronouns

Jocelyn Boden, a former Bath & Body Works manager in Utah, was fired after refusing to use a transgender employee’s pronouns, citing her religious beliefs. She agreed to use the employee’s chosen name but said she could not call him “he,” leading to her termination for “unwanted conduct directed at an individual based on their sex.” Boden has filed a discrimination complaint, highlighting the ongoing conflict between religious freedom and transgender rights in the workplace, as legal and social debates continue over pronoun use and accommodation.

Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/08/21/transgender-rights-religious-freedom-gender-pronouns-controversy/85666816007/