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[Music] many organizations have come to understand the experiences at lgbtq+ individuals face in the workplace and have created specific policies to be more inclusive though creating workplace policies are a great first step it's important for these policies to be enacted appropriately by managers as well as employees to create safe and inclusive workplaces for transgender individuals so what can companies and colleagues do to create this environment for transgender individuals particularly as it pertains to gender and pronoun use one start by educating ourselves about the use of pronouns in school we were taught about the use of pronouns in a binary manner kishi for individuals and they then for plural but this language needs to be updated to include the use of they then pronouns for individuals who identify as non-binary gender queer gender fluid or whoever chooses to use these pronouns to do not make assumptions about what pronouns a person uses know that just because someone presents a particular way does not mean they use the pronouns we assume they do 3 if you're unsure of someone's pronouns ask try one of these options hey what are your pronouns what pronouns do you use I was just wondering how you'd like me to address you I just want to make sure I'm using the correct language to refer to you note we should avoid using language around preference pronouns are not a preference they are a requirement also note that only asking people who may appear to be transgender can in itself be problematic so it's best to get in the habit of asking everyone for start with yourself an even easier way to start a conversation about pronouns in comparison to asking someone is to start with yourself especially if you are cisgender if you identify with the gender you were assigned at birth ie assigned male at birth and continue to identify as a male and typically use he/him pronouns we can do this by introducing ourselves with our names and pronouns then give the other person the opportunity to do so as well doing this in a group setting where everyone states their name and pronouns regardless of gender identity can help to make the experience less tokenizing for trans people in the room in the workplace this can be done with icebreaker activities that include everyone introducing themselves with names and pronouns giving pronouns first so it's not required for others to ask is another good approach in the workplace pronouns can be added to profiles and other public spaces for example in email signatures in profiles such as slack or other company communication programs on nametags during events etc five names are incredibly important not every trans person has legally changed their name so it's important that they're able to use their chosen name at work and that name is respected not only should this name be used by their managers and colleagues but they should be able to use his name in documentation like work emails and business cards and six be aware of gendered language pronouns are not the only important aspects of gendered language some examples of regular use of gendered language include good morning ladies or you guys and even using what we may think is more inclusive like ladies and gentlemen is important to be conscious of because it does not include anyone who falls outside of the binary here are some examples of more gender inclusive language instead of you guys try you all y'all folks friends everyone people instead of dude man and bro well how about we just ditch those no replacement necessary instead of ladies and gentlemen try everyone folks or nothing at all instead of men and women try people employees or workers and instead of sir and ma'am try nothing at all [Music]