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.

  • SpaceCowboy
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    10 hours ago

    Yeah that’s all great, but someone named Pat got upset with me for referring to her as “they”. Sorry Pat, I never met you in person and so don’t know you’re preferred pronouns unless you tell me.

    All controversy about pronouns is stupid no matter who it is that’s making a fuss about it. Tell me your pronouns or don’t, and be an adult about it either way.