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Gender identity in email signatures

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Butchyrestingface · 18/12/2019 11:36

And no, I don’t mean gender pronouns such as she/he/them/ze, etc.

I have started receiving emails from certain companies (I occasionally work in the Arts) with things like (cis; he/they) included in the signature.

As much as I think the whole thing is a load of bollocks, I can understand why some people would want to define their gender pronouns in social/professional settings. But why include ‘cis/trans’ in the email signature? Why does someone you have professional contact with (in a situation that doesn’t involve protection of vulnerable groups) need to know that?

What am I missing? Confused

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Devereux1 · 18/12/2019 11:47

I thankfully have not had the misfortune to have seen this.

If I did, I would scoff, laugh out loud, think WTF, think the person emailing me isn't very intelligent, the company/organisation they represent would go down in my estimations.

If I saw this from any company/oganisation I didn't know, approaching me for business, they'd be an instant reject.

I am not playing this game of insanity.

Thelnebriati · 18/12/2019 11:46

It not appropriate, any more than it would be appropriate to create a culture where people are forced to declare if they are gay.

GrumpyHoonMain · 18/12/2019 11:46

I am guessing the company / team might have had issues with clients being surprised by a colleague’s gender which is why everybody does it. At my company it was a Sandy that prompted the team to do this for a while — after an Indian client assumed he was a she and offered him a job (which he accepted) in a women’s only nightshift IT team.

SapphosRock · 18/12/2019 11:43

Why does it bother you? Some people like to share this info. Nobody is making you do it.

ScapaFlo · 18/12/2019 11:42

They don't need to know that. What is the world coming to? It really has taken a very firm hold, this ideology

lettersbyowl · 18/12/2019 11:42

I have only seen this once - about 2 weeks ago actually. I just thought the same... why do I need to know this especially as its blatantly obvious you are a "cis" "straight" "man"... Hmm