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One White House reporter calls listing pronouns 'wildly inappropriate' in professional setting
Even email signatures are getting caught up in the culture wars.
The Trump White House habit of dismissing reporters who use pronouns in their email signatures has stirred both support and criticism from journalists and observers.
The New York Times put a spotlight last week on the White House press office refusing to respond to emailed questions from reporters who display their pronouns, saying they deny "biological reality" and can't be trusted to report with integrity. Other media relations figures at other government agencies gave similar responses to those who display their pronouns.
The decision for individuals to list them – for example, He/Him for a man or They/Them for someone who is transgender or doesn't identify as male or female – is often criticized as unnecessary virtue-signaling to promote the false notion of multiple genders beyond the male-female binary, while proponents say it's respectful to people of all identities.
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Trump White House policy to ignore reporters using pronouns in emails brings praise and harsh criticism
Email signatures are the latest front in the culture wars, as the Trump White House derides reporters who list their "pronouns" as reality deniers.
