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Hey there, so I wanted to make a quick video right now And share something that I did recently that I think was important and it took me a while to come to it You may have noticed that I changed I added to my name my pronouns so he and him on the end of my name here on LinkedIn And why did I do that? You know I had seen this before I think being around and in the diversity inclusion Space a bit. I'm seeing this more and more people are putting their pronouns on their names or at conferences where they're identifying by their pronouns and I think at first I was curious I was interested I thought Well, that's interesting. Like if somebody identifies with alternative pronouns, and now I know And then I had the opportunity last week was in New York to meet with Max and Jay from the Argo collective and I'll have their link down below so you can take a look at them super important people and I think they're doing amazing work and We're having a conversation about this and we're talking about a lie ship and they said one of the things you can do That's very easy is add pronouns to your name. So I said to them but why I Identify, I'm a straight white male. It's obvious If somebody looks at me he him they said that's just the point that in a world where there are many people that don't identify with the pronouns that are that are and may be Associated with them it's very vulnerable and scary to go ahead and call and say wait a second I don't identify with the friend You may want to put on me and when someone of a group that identifies is in alignment with the pronouns Everything is alignment We walk through the world and not seeing that to step out there and put that on our name takes very little risk And starts to normalize that and make it more acceptable making it easier for people that want to step out and be vulnerable to say I'd prefer to be identified in this way and also to me raises a flag, it raises a public fact flag saying I am an ally and I'm you know, And I'm doing a small thing to support others who want to step out and identify so Um, I'm really happy that did that it was interesting I've gotten feedback since I did it people curious or asking or encouraging me, so I would encourage you That might not be something that's an do you feel like there's any need to do it? But especially if you're of the majority group or you walk through this world a line and everything seems natural with how you're identified by Others to add your pronouns to your your name here on LinkedIn and maybe even in your email signature To send that flag and also to start to normalize this to making it easier for others who may struggle or want to be identified in a different way So I hope this resonates also check out our go collective To amazing individuals if you're looking to do diversity and inclusion training or getting some sort of support reach out to them The information will be below. All right. Thanks and have a great day