Letter writer makes it clear they use “they/them” pronouns. Some people at work just can’t get it right.
I’m a young professional in my second year at an office job that I love. I’m also nonbinary — neither a man nor a woman — and my pronouns are the gender-neutral “they/them.” My workplace is very accepting, and my pronouns are displayed on our agency’s website and on a nameplate at my desk.Most of my co-workers are mindful of how they refer to me, and correct themselves when they make mistakes. However, there are a few people in our small office who have trouble getting it right.
With the holdouts who are not merely making a mistake, but are not making any effort at all to refer to you correctly, you may attempt to redirect them by asking, “Can you tell me why you don't use they/them to refer to me?”Regardless of how they answer, you really should go to HR with your concern. Anyone who misgenders you is disrespecting you, and also violating your company’s values and policy.My question is about calling someone out when they do something offensive.
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