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stated that, until recently, Goddard employees were using their agency IDs to display their preferred pronouns."It was an extremely simple and elegant way to tackle a very frustrating problem," the post states.
NASA's statement, which came one day after the Reddit post, shared that this IT project"allowed approximately 125 employees to test the option of including their gender pronouns in NASA's email display fields — which currently includes each employee's name, center and an organizational code." The agency added that"the learnings from this test will be used to inform the advancement of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
The Reddit poster shared that they, along with others at the agency,"were shocked and disgusted by their [NASA Goddard's] decision," further labeling the move as"rebrand[ing] transphobia as professionalism."
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