Re: [Tails-dev] Pronouns

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Author: intrigeri
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To: The Tails public development discussion list
Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Pronouns
Hi,

2 weeks later, here's a friendly ping about this:

intrigeri (2021-08-03):
> tl;dR: even if you personally don't care much about what pronouns are
> used for you _please_ document your pronouns on GitLab. This will help
> make our community a better place.
>
> intrigeri (2021-08-02):
>> If you want, you can now add your pronouns to your GitLab account so
>> that your pronouns appear next to your name in your profile:
>> https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/help/user/profile/index.md#add-your-gender-pronouns
>
> Since then, sajolida helped me (thanks!) realize 2 things:
>
> - For this to make a real difference in terms of community culture, we
> need to reach a critical mass of people who have documented their
> pronouns: otherwise, without a reliable enough source of
> information, folks may stop looking for pronouns before
> they communicate.
>
> - We should avoid having minorities document their pronouns more than
> cismen. For example, this would reinforce the "unless otherwise
> specified, male is the default aka. the norm" crap.


Thanks in advance,
Cheers!