# @enquirer on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-02-26T15:30:25.000+00:00
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UPDATE: The University of Cincinnati will be replacing bathroom signage using the word "biological men" and "biological women", according to an email administrators sent to students Wednesday afternoon.

"This was an error on our part, and we apologize for the harm it may have caused," read the email from vice provost Nicole Mayo and vice president Bleuzette Marshall, referring to the bathroom signs that had sparked outrage after being posted on Reddit and going viral last week.

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When lawyer and University of Cincinnati graduate Scott Knox heard about the "biological" men and women bathroom signs going up at his alma mater, it was just more disappointment.

"To be so enthusiastically quick," Knox said. "They've been great on diversity in the past, which makes this so hugely disappointing."

The bathroom signs went viral this week as students protested against the university's rollback of diversity initiatives to comply with a presidential executive order. To an impassioned group of students at the trustees meeting Tuesday, President Neville Pinto said the signs were an "error." It is unclear when or if the signs will be changed back.

It's been less than two months since President Donald Trump signed a bevy of executive orders targeting transgender people along with diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Ohio's "Bathroom Bill" requiring signage at public schools and universities went into effect Tuesday.

The law's supporters, conservative groups and Republican lawmakers, say that prohibiting transgender people from using a restroom that matches their identity helps keep others safer.

Knox said that due to the vague nature of the law and the possibility for pending litigation both at the federal and state level, the university would have been safe in waiting for more clarity. He added that the bathroom law is nearly impossible to enforce.

"Is there going to be a genital checker at the door? Why are they making a rule that can't be enforced?" Knox asked. "Beyond the cruelty of it, it's so poorly thought out."

Read the full story at the link in our bio. (📸: Maylea Salmon for The Enquirer) #cincinnati #cincinnatiohio #uofcincy #universityofcincinnati

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| The Enquirer | @enquirer | https://gondola.cc/enquirer | Newspaper |
| Maylea Salmon | @maylea.salmon | https://gondola.cc/maylea.salmon | Photographer |

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