Apple boss Tim Cook mentions it on his Twitter profile: his pronouns are “he / him”. Like the Vice President of the United States. Kamala Harris makes her own, “she / her”, appear alongside her family situation “Wife, Momala and aunt”.
In the United States, registering your gender pronouns on social networks, in the signature at the bottom of your emails or under your name in videoconferencing is becoming more and more frequent, especially in the world of work. This use allows transgender or non-binary people (identifying themselves neither strictly male nor strictly female, but between the two, a mixture of the two, or neither of the two) indicate which pronouns reflect their gender identity. Used by everyone, it becomes a way to promote the inclusion of these communities.
“The movement began in American universities, many now offering students to display their pronouns, explains Joydeep Sengupta, lawyer at the Paris and New York bars, counsel at Mayer Brown in Paris, whose involvement for equal rights for LGBT + au travail has been recognized by the association L’Autre Cercle. And for three or four years, companies in the United States have offered their employees to register their pronouns to employees as they wish ”. He himself received a note to this effect from his employer two years ago. “Last year, with the multiplication of videoconferences during periods of confinement, more and more people connected by adding their pronouns to their names”, he adds.
According to the “Wall Street Journal”, 1.6 million LinkedIn users have specified their gender pronouns
The Zoom and Slack applications allow the display of pronouns in member profiles. On March 31, LinkedIn, the world’s leading professional social network, offered its 200 million American users “Create a more expressive and inclusive profile”.
“For many of us, the expression of our authentic identity also goes through our pronouns. They are at the heart of who we are and how we want to be seen ”, indicates on its blog the American firm, which has introduced a pronoun field – optional – at the top of the profile, next to the name. According to Wall Street Journal, 1.6 million users would have specified their gender pronouns. In France, this option has been available since June.
Goldman Sachs is one of the first large institutions to launch an internal pronoun awareness campaign in 2019. On its blog, the Wall Street firm listed “Tips for being an inclusive ally”. For example, “Pronouns should not be assumed on the basis of a person’s name or physical appearance”. It offers employees the opportunity to make their pronouns known “Proactively, in order to foster an environment of respect”, with this illustration: “Hello, my name is Karen! My pronouns are “she / her”. Welcome in the team ! “ The bank also recommends using “they / them” “When referring to a person who has not expressly indicated his pronouns”.
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