How to use email signature to push back against "preferred pronouns"?

I really think you should remove that wording as some will find it provocative & hostile. I say this as a gender critical feminist myself-it does not offer anything positive & is irrelevant to most emails. Pronouns are too but doesn’t mean you need to retaliate other folk’s signatures with anything.

i understand people saying a workplace is not the place to argue this point, but what really pisses me off is it’s ok for the other side to vocalise and publicise this, giving them a voice, them especially being so vocal looks like they are the ones with the majority, but they aren’t.

There is a time for quiet and there is a time to voice your opinion. If others are being vocal using work email ( which I think is an absolute NO!) Then you should be able to vocalise your position, even if it’s just by making sure your Ms, Miss or Mrs is in bold!

Why do people even need to know in an email context?

If I'm Rev Sam Jones, then their reply to me surely is either Dear Rev Jones, or more informally, Dear Sam. What they call me to others is of no interest to me.

It's all such a load of bollox and I do judge those who include their pronouns in a signature.

I was very pleased on a college Zoom that only two out of about 30 people had pronouns on their name. I think leaving off pronouns is enough of a statement at the moment.

A gender critical statement is totally inappropriate in anyone's email signature but even more so for any member of the clergy. You don't have to believe the magic genderwoo or perform their silly rituals of pretending that they have no idea which pronouns to use for you if you don't tell them. However, Jesus loves even those who do believe such things, and it's not your job to make them have a more rational approach to such things, just to let them know about that love.

My preference in your position would just be to not mention gender or pronouns at all in your signature. it isn't necessary to use that space in most cases. If you must use it, then you could just write: "Galatians 3:28" in the relevant space.

God will address each of these as "my precious child, my beloved" regardless of their beliefs on gender.

Even if your name is ambiguous what difference does it make whether the other persons knows your sex or not? I email a lot of people in my work and often assume someone is of one sex if its a name I'm unfamiliar with and I later find our they're of the opposite sex. It doesn't make any difference to how I treat them or respond to them. I had been merrily emailing someone for years who I thought was a man and then they connected with me on LinkedIn and I realised that they are a woman.

I have Mrs before my name. It’s rebellious in my context where pronouns and Ms dominate.

Rev. Is not gendered. In other countries they combine them (Herr Dr) I honestly think that unless you actual name is ambiguous you name should be enough. Rebel by having no pronouns and not explaining because your choice is self evident.

haha I love this

mine would be

Toffeeapple Turnip
White Northerner
Happily single but up for a shag
Tinnitus

Well done OP! This is a far more powerful strategy. 👏

Just don’t put pronouns on 🤷‍♀️

I agree with the silence. When I get an email from someone I don't jump to their signature to learn more about them. I read the content of the email and think about the reply. The sender's address is in the "letterhead" of the email, so I don't even really take on board the signature. That said, I think it should be kept to name and designation. When we've been invited over the years to add pronouns, it was more interesting to me to see who didn't. Similarly when we were invited to add a pic of ourselves - most of us ignored that.

I would just not have them.

If I were forced to include a statement (which seems very unlikely now) I would put something like, "I don't tell other people what pronouns to use."

My minister has indicated she is anti-Trump and pro-Palestine during a sermon. I thought it was highly unprofessional, even those are positions I know many would think weren’t that controversial.

Just don't do it you can't be forced too so just dont

I agree. Dignified silence is much better. You aren’t subject to the same employment rules as an office holder but just purely for pastoral reasons I wouldn’t put a big long link. I’m gender critical but I want those I work with going through gender distress to not be alienated by me. In my experience people are more likely to think you have a valid point once they realise you genuinely and actually care about them.

You are making your own statement by not adding pronouns already.

Can you just put 'Child of God' or if really pushed 'Daughter of God', surely that's a more important identity and one I'm planning on using when work makes them mandatory

She doesn’t need to make her sex clear in an email signature. It’s one of the reasons feminists object to pronouns statements - reduces the chance of stereotypes kicking in before someone has even met you. Having an unsexed title too is good!

People are tired enough with political statements coming left, right and centre, I would just leave them refreshingly blank.

I would go for a Shakespearean 'gracious silence' on pronouns.

Agree that simply not having them is a statement in itself. If anyone asks then explain that you believe they are sex based and not preferred or requested.

That perfect as a role model for others.

I agree that email signatures are not the place to put political statements.

Also not the place to put any protected characteristics. You don't see people writing:

Sarah Jones
African heritage
Lesbian
Dodgy knee

Yeah, some idiocy is best ignored. This issue is looking more and more toxic by the day as trans activists show more of themselves. The pronoun people will gradually give over.

I love this and may use it when needed:

'I will take my chances being misgendered' 🤣