Backlash as Home Office staff are told to add their pronouns to work emails

Backlash as Home Office staff are told to add their pronouns to work emails
Backlash as Home Office staff are told to add their pronouns to work emails
Backlash as Home Office staff are told to add their pronouns to work emails and state whether they want to be called he, she or they Some Home Office staff have been encouraged to share their pronouns in emails They were told this comes from 'the wider cultural changes' in the department The Free Speech Union has said that the new rules could breach equalities law 

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A row erupted last night after it emerged Home Office staff have been told to declare their pronouns in their emails to make life more welcoming for trans people.

People working at the Visa, Status and Immigration Services department were instructed to say in their emails whether they are a man, a woman, or non-binary.

This means they have to say if they are he/him if they are a man, she/her if they are a woman or they/them if they are non-binary and do not describe themselves as a man or a woman.

It comes two months after the Mail revealed that Britain's spies are being urged to declare their pronouns to make transgender colleagues feel more included.

The Free Speech Union have written to the Home Office's top civil servant Sir Matthew Rycroft (pictured) to complain

The Free Speech Union have written to the Home Office's top civil servant Sir Matthew Rycroft (pictured) to complain

A row erupted last night after it emerged some Home Office staff were told they can share their pronouns in their emails to make life more welcoming for trans people (stock photo used)

A row erupted last night after it emerged some Home Office staff were told they can share their pronouns in their emails to make life more welcoming for trans people (stock photo used)

The guide, published by the National Security Agency, said: 'Sharing your

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