President Donald Trump and his administration have taken a stance against acknowledging a range of gender identities by requiring federal employees to remove pronouns from their email signatures. This policy has been extended to journalists covering the administration, with reports of officials refusing to engage with reporters who include pronouns in their signatures. The New York Times reported that some journalists had received responses from administration officials declining to engage with them due to the presence of pronouns in their signatures. The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, stated that reporters with pronouns in their bios cannot be trusted to write honest stories. The Times criticized the administration for refusing to answer questions based on the formatting of email signatures, calling it a concerning and baffling choice. Language, including the words we use and don’t use, has become a point of ideological contention in today’s political landscape. Pronouns in email signatures have become a way to signal one’s political positionality relative to transgender issues. The Associated Press has also been involved in a dispute with White House officials over access to events, resulting in a lawsuit that the AP won based on First Amendment grounds. The White House said they would appeal the ruling.
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