Employees at multiple federal agencies were ordered to remove pronouns from their email signatures by Friday afternoon, according to internal memos obtained by ABC News.

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.

  • @flashpanda
    54•12 hours ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]
      41•11 hours ago

      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.

      • The Pantser
        14•11 hours ago

        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.

      • @MegaUltraChickenEnglish
        9•11 hours ago

        although this is not inclusive for our non-binary friends. Open to suggestions on that one.

        I’m by no means an expert here, but I think that’s what “Mx” is used for.

      • troybot [he/him]
        11•11 hours ago

        From now on flashpanda must to refer to flashpanda in third person like Solomon Grundy.

        • @[email protected]English
          6•9 hours ago

          peoplebeproblems like this. peoplebeproblems recommend having everyone start referring to eachother in the full third person. Thank troybot, peoplebeproblems hope this catches on.

      • themeatbridge
        10•11 hours ago

        Many nonbinary people use Mx. but that’s a personal decision.

        • @jordanlundM
          4•9 hours ago

          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.

            • @jordanlundM
              2•8 hours ago

              I could see it working for that too!