University of California Mandates Gender Ideology Training for Students

by Ken Ham on December 5, 2025
Featured in Ken Ham Blog

Is calling a “transgender” person by their “deadname” or objecting to a man in a woman’s restroom sexual harassment? Well, the University of California thinks so—and they are trying to make sure all of their students also think so by including such ideology in mandatory sexual harassment and anti-discrimination training.

This training, called SHAPE (Sexual Harassment, Anti-Discrimination, Prevention and Education), is a prerequisite for registering for classes at several University of California campuses, including UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and UC Irvine. In order to continue with semester registration, students must achieve “a perfect score,” which requires them to answer in ways that align with gender ideology, including that “failing to use one’s self-declared trans pronouns or protesting the presence of men in women’s restrooms constitutes a hostile environment and qualifies as harassment.”

They are acting as their own gods.

In other words, it’s not harassment to force women to tolerate, without complaint, men in their private spaces . . . it’s only harassment to protest the men entering those spaces. What a backwards, evil world we live in! But this is no surprise, considering where this is coming from—some of the most liberal schools in the nation. They certainly are not friendly toward disagreement, especially regarding sexuality and gender. And they reject God’s Word! That’s the bottom line. They are acting as their own gods.

If you’re a student looking for a college with high academic standards that doesn’t require you to affirm anti-biblical beliefs just to register for your classes, I encourage you to check out one of our partner schools, Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina.

BJU is grateful to be able to publicly partner with Answers in Genesis and works hard to ensure everything they do, and everything they teach is done through the lens of a biblical worldview—the exact opposite of what’s happening in places like these California universities!

BJU is a liberal arts school that “exists to grow Christ-like character that is scripturally disciplined, others-serving, God-loving, Christ-proclaiming and focused above.” It’s truly a great school with a solid mission.

Check them out at BJU.edu.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken

This item was written with the assistance of AiG’s research team.

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