Summary
Federal employees at multiple agencies were ordered to remove pronouns from email signatures by Friday, following executive orders signed by Donald Trump to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.
Agencies including the CDC, Department of Transportation, and Department of Energy issued directives citing the new policy.
Some employees expressed frustration, with one CDC worker calling it unprecedented.
The Office of Personnel Management also instructed agencies to disable pronoun prompts in email systems, marking another step in Trump’s broader rollback of DEI initiatives.
Federal employee here. We have to make our own email signatures. I have not been told to remove pronouns by an official channel, but I have already removed pronouns and switched to having Ms. infront of my name, cause it has the same effect and the administration is too stupid to know that.
You heard it here first, folks. Pronouns are out, prenouns are in.
Edit: although this is not inclusive for our non-binary friends. Open to suggestions on that one.
Mx maybe? Follows the same format but allows for it to be non gendering. Idk I have a feeling it might be incorrect or there maybe a issue with it having a x because of chromosomes.
I’m by no means an expert here, but I think that’s what “Mx” is used for.
Antinouns
That’s way too dangerous without a containment field.
flashpanda has used two pronouns, “I” and “We”. Please remove these pronouns by the end of the day.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/pronouns-personal-i-me-you-him-it-they-etc
From now on flashpanda must to refer to flashpanda in third person like Solomon Grundy.
peoplebeproblems like this. peoplebeproblems recommend having everyone start referring to eachother in the full third person. Thank troybot, peoplebeproblems hope this catches on.
CileTheSane wants to know where Luigi is when CileTheSane needs him.
CileTheSane meant to say:
How does that convey the same effect?
What if you are non binary?
Many nonbinary people use Mx. but that’s a personal decision.
One of my favorite sci fi authors simplified it to just “M.”
Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms. can just be boiled down to “M.”.
If I actually cared, that’s probably what I’d pick.
To me, that just means “monsieur.”
I could see it working for that too!