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Federal employees told to remove pronouns from email signatures by end of day (abcnews.go.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

I thought the same thing as well.

I have a few trans friends and neighbors who told me that basically when they came out and tried to change gender, no one would acknowledge their new identity. So it's a subtle way to inform other people.

Also, I have met more than a few people whom I had no idea of their gender. So it's actually great to read that pronoun because I don't like playing guessing games.