Commentary

Greater Baltimore Medical Center Seeks to Indoctrinate Residents with “The Gender Unicorn”

  • By Do No Harm Staff
  • August 16, 2023

Do busy medical residents have time for cartoons and indoctrination into gender ideology? That seems to be the way Great Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) sees it – and they are employing non-medical personnel to deliver that material.

Last year, we told you about Oklahoma State University’s use of “The Gender Unicorn” in training students on “allyship” and “safe zones.” This time, the same material has made an appearance in a class for medical residents. On August 9, the GBMC Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (ODEI) dispatched Angela Wu, DEI Manager, to lecture residents on The Gender Unicorn and “social identities.” Developed by Trans Student Educational Resources (TSER), the Gender Unicorn was designed as a “teaching tool” in schools. TSER even offers a “coloring book” version of the graphic.

Figure 1. Angela Wu instructing GBMC residents on The Gender Unicorn (August 9, 2023).

Angela Wu, who claims to be a “DEI Strategist and Facilitator,” has the backing of a robust DEI office at GBMC for distributing such strategies. “A mission of health equity for all begins with the people and teams practicing it,” the ODEI’s mission statement says. GBMC makes an “intentional commitment” to educate its workforce and “fostering a culture of psychological safety and trust” to promote the health equity agenda.

The DE&I Scorecard, prominently displayed on the ODEI homepage, indicates why GBMC is using valuable resident class time to push nonsensical concepts like the Gender Unicorn. The scorecard mentions the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), which is the 2022 national benchmarking instrument for evaluating the policies and practices of healthcare facilities regarding “the equity and inclusion of their LGBTQ+ patients, visitors, and employees.” And, two metrics in the Workforce Equity section relate to increasing participation in “DEI educational opportunities” and “DEI celebrations.”

Figure 2. DE&I Scorecard from the GBMC DEI Strategic Plan.

GBMC has made significant efforts to embed its DEI agenda into every area of its workforce and professional development operations. Medical residents need to use the limited time they have for instruction in content that helps them learn how to effectively care for patients – not a dose of woke gender ideology.

Are you a student in the health sciences who is being inundated with DEI-related content in the name of education? Do No Harm invites you to contact us – anonymously and securely.