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Federal Employees Pronouns: Trump asks federal employees to remove pronouns from email signatures. Here’s what it means
Federal employees have been asked to remove their pronouns from their official emails.
Employees at multiple federal agencies have been asked to remove pronouns from their email signatures by this afternoon, ABC News reported citing internal memos. The memo is based on two executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on his first day in office ending DEI programs in the government. “Pronouns and any other information not permitted in the policy must be removed from CDC/ATSDR employee signatures by 5.p.m. ET on Friday,” according to one such message sent Friday morning from Jason Bonander, the CDC’s Chief Information Officer. “Staff are being asked to alter signature blocks by 5.p.m. ET today (Friday, January 31, 2025) to follow the revised policy.”
It is not yet known which agencies received the memo as the report said that the transport department received a similar directive on Thursday when they were managing the emergency of the DC plane crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Energy department employees also received a similar notice Thursday and they were told that this was to meet requirements in Trumo’s executive order calling for the removal of DEI “language in Federal discourse, communications and publications”.
The memo also asked each agency to effectively institute trans bathroom bans.
Memo in line with Trump’s executive order
Donald Trump signed two executive orders calling for an and to what his administration called “radical and wasteful DEI programs” and seeking to restore the “biological truth to the federal government”. In one of those executive orders, each agency, or department of the government has been asked to terminate “to the maximum extent allowed by law” all DEI (diversity, equity, inclusivity) offices and positions.
The Trump administration has cracked the whip on federal workers and asked them to work from the office or to take a deferred resignation program in which they will get their pay and other benefits for eight months if they accept to resign by February 6.
Recently, President Trump issued a directive to federal employees, requesting that they remove their preferred pronouns from their email signatures. This decision has sparked controversy and raised questions about the importance of inclusivity in the workplace.
For many individuals, including their preferred pronouns in their email signature is a way to affirm their gender identity and ensure that others respect and acknowledge it. By removing this option, some argue that the Trump administration is disregarding the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
On the other hand, supporters of the directive argue that including pronouns in email signatures is unnecessary and could be seen as promoting a political agenda. They believe that employees should focus on their work and not on their gender identity.
Overall, the debate surrounding this issue highlights the ongoing struggles for recognition and acceptance of diverse identities in the workplace. It remains to be seen how federal employees will respond to this directive and what impact it will have on the overall culture of inclusivity within government agencies.
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