Gender Pronouns

Trump press secretary doesn't engage with reporters using pronouns in emails, says they deny reality https://t.co/olyDynBDGB #FoxNews

— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) April 9, 2025

The Trump White House has begun declining to respond to media requests from reporters who include gender pronouns in their email signatures. The move aligns with the administration’s broader rejection of what it calls “gender ideology” in the federal government.

“As a matter of policy, we do not respond to reporters with pronouns in their bios,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote in an email to a New York Times reporter asking about climate research.

Katie Miller, a senior adviser at the Department of Government Efficiency, echoed that approach in a separate exchange, telling another Times journalist, “I don’t respond to people who use pronouns in their signatures as it shows they ignore scientific realities and therefore ignore facts.”

The policy reflects a broader Trump administration stance that has barred federal employees from listing preferred pronouns in government emails and cracked down on DEI-related practices across agencies.

According to a New York Times report, senior Trump White House officials have adopted a policy of not engaging with journalists who include gender pronouns in their email signatures, calling it a reflection of “gender ideology” that has no place in federal policy.

The inclusion of pronouns in social media bios and email signatures has become increasingly common among members of the media and others as a way to express gender identity and show support for transgender and nonbinary individuals. But the Trump administration has been openly critical of that trend, arguing it reflects an embrace of ideology over biology.