"System failure": State Dept. officials receive emails with pronouns contrary to their gender

A "glitch" with pronouns used in emails has caused chaos in the Department of State (DOS). Many staff members began receiving emails with a different gender designation, i.e., naming men as if they were women and women as if they were men.

This "glitch," as the State Department claims it was, occurred one day after the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. This is an event that DOS itself celebrated on its Twitter account:

Matthew Miller, State Department spokesperson confirmed these failures:

The Washington Free Beacon had access to several emails that included these errors.