Airmen and Guardians are prohibited from adding slogans, quotes or other personalization to an official email or social media signature block. 9 memorandum, which spells out how to appropriately close an email, was sent to major commands and other Air Force agencies.Īccording to the memo, the signature block should only include the sender’s name, rank, service affiliation, duty title, organization name, phone numbers and social media contact information. Bree Fram, a co-lead of the initiative team, said the change was driven “by awareness of a restrictive policy that was being used against transgender Airmen and Guardians who were authentically representing themselves,” reports the military newspaper Stars and Stripes. Always ask someone for their pronouns.The LGBTQ Initiative Team was created earlier this year to identify and resolve issues impeding the success of LGBTQ airmen and Guardians, or Space Force personnel. There are an infinite number of pronouns as new ones emerge in our language. The backpack is zirs.”Ī note at the top reads “Please note these are not the only pronouns. The graphic happened to combine them into one row. If used it would be ze/hir/hirs/hirself or ze/zir/zirs/zirself. The fourth set is ze, hir or zir, hirs or zirs, hirself or zirself. The third set is (singular) they, them, theirs, themself. The first pronoun set is she, her, hers, and herself. The columns are the “subjective, objective, possessive, and reflexive” part of each pronoun set and an example. [image description: a chart of some gender pronouns by Trans Student Educational Resources. We also do not use “preferred pronouns” due to people generally not having a pronoun “preference” but simply having “pronouns.” Using “preferred” can accidentally insinuate that using the correct pronouns for someone is optional.

All pronouns can be used for any gender and are gender neutral.

There are no “male/female” or “man/woman” pronouns.

What are the 78 gender pronouns