# Showing preferred pronouns in bios, e-mail signatures, etc

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-preferred-pronouns-in-bios-e-mail-signatures-etc/947651>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 30, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-preferred-pronouns-in-bios-e-mail-signatures-etc/947651 "2021-07-30T17:21:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-preferred-pronouns-in-bios-e-mail-signatures-etc/947651/131 "2021-08-01T15:48:39Z")

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I think people are too hung up on this issue of “virtue signaling.” This phrase has become [another right-wing bugaboo](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/oct/30/virtue-signalling-the-culture-war-phrase-now-in-bbc-guidelines) about PC culture run amok.

I’ll say it again: Trans and non-binary folks [are asking cisgender folks (like me) to do this small thing](https://medium.com/gender-inclusivit/why-i-put-pronouns-on-my-email-signature-and-linkedin-profile-and-you-should-too-d3dc942c8743) to help them. There is no harm in it to me, so I do. That’s it. No big deal. There’s no “signalling” about how awesome I am. It’s just a simple courtesy.

If you’re having trouble with the idea, just imagine a good friend, who happens to be trans, asked you politely: “Hey friend, if you don’t mind, it would be great if you would put your pronouns in your email sig. It would help me and others like me out a little.” Then act accordingly.

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