Pronouns at work - help

[HermioneKipper]

We’ve been asked to put our pronouns on our signatures at work. Lots have already done this, has been suggested in team meetings etc but I have studiously ignored it so far.

We’ve now been officially told to do it.

Employer is a stonewall champion and very pro this sort of thing. I’m very anxious about speaking out but will refuse on principle to do it. I do not subscribe to gender ideology and disagree with needing a pronoun. Worried if I say this I will get into trouble.

How can I put it without getting a black mark against my name?

My workplace recently introduced the option of adding pronouns to the email signature, but one of the options you can choose from the drop down menu of (many) choices is 'no pronouns/use my name'. Could that be a way round it?

The reason I chose the phrases "uncomfortable outing myself" and "the way I relate to my physical body is a personal matter" is because I don't believe in gender, and I'm not comfortable being outed as gender critical in a Stonewall associated organisation. It's not safe.

If they take it as meaning I believe their nonsense, that's their mistake.

Being a bit flippant here, but I'd be tempted to say that your pronouns are so special that you're only allowed to disclose them in non visible ink. You could say you have a non visible flag too.

Lots of tongue in cheek answers here. But it is a serious business. To require you to do this is to compel your agreement. It is coercive. We all have to make a living, but this isn't the small thing that it is made out to be.

@JoodyBlue

Lots of tongue in cheek answers here. But it is a serious business. To require you to do this is to compel your agreement. It is coercive. We all have to make a living, but this isn't the small thing that it is made out to be.

No, agreed. I think the flippancy is often serving to make a serious point, and is also just a way of dealing with it all...!

The reason I chose the phrases "uncomfortable outing myself"

I also took this to sound like outing oneself as trans, but actually meaning outing oneself as GC.

I work for an incredibly conservative (small and big C) org. The bad thing is they are about 20 years behind the curve. The great thing is that they are about 20 years behind the curve.

Im hoping that we’ll miss this entirely.

Our official work signature has pronouns now. I just deleted that line when I used it (and I'm not the only one). No one has commented on it. I expect it'll be the same for you OP. I suspect that those of us who think this is all bonkers are actually in the quiet majority...

I was going to suggest exactly what @ConfusingWorld said. Considering this is all supposed to be about equality then making your case for your own ability to work in the most equal way possible within the patriarchy is something I don't think they can easily argue with.

Times pronoun article
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/b9327b7a-90d1-11ec-ba83-35d92f80c266?shareToken=17ee1fb7e30ff01fd4f0b1667591aa1e

The ridiculous thing is that you only need to know a pronoun if you're referring to someone when they are not there. If you're emailing them then you don't need the fucking pronoun!

The comments are epic though

I'm ignoring it. If pressed, I will say, I do not follow that practice. If compelled, I will tell them I will do it, once the Gender Pay Gap is closed and I will not be disadvantaged by announcing my gender.

This is the best response I've seen..