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.

  • andros_rex@lemmy.world
    3·
    24 hours ago

    他 is “he.” Iirc it was the only pronoun until the 20th century, but now there is 她 for “she” and 它 for “it.” They are all pronounced the same though, so your joke works when pronounced out loud.

    • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      23 hours ago

      Because western influence added culture wars 😭

      他 (he/she), 它 (it), 祂 (for deities). Long ago, three pronouns existed togerther in Harmony. Then, everything changed when the Eight Nation Alliance attacked.