Some electronic medical records have adapted to include preferred gender pronouns in their forms. However, for many of you, who will be providing nutrition therapy for your clients, there is an even bigger incentive (and also maybe an easier way) to ask. My clients are all Dietitians so my desire to be inclusive is just that. Will it flow like that each time? Maybe yes or maybe no but like anything else, it’ll get easier with practice. I go by she/her - feel free to share your preferred pronoun with me, if you would like!” “Hi, I’m Holly, it’s so nice to finally meet you in person/on video/over the phone. Also, when meeting with a client for the first time, I plan on using this basic outline: Here are my thoughts:įirst off, I plan on sharing my preferred pronoun and doing so in several ways: on my website (in my introduction) and on any social media outlets that allow me to do so. Is it our place, as someone’s potential or actual Dietitian AND is it professional - to ask for someone’s preferred pronoun? The answer, for me, is yes but how we go about it can be both simple and complicated. How to ask someone their preferred pronouns Get comfortable with knowing that you can always do better. Sometimes we let our fear of making a mistake or getting something wrong stop us from doing what we know we should do. It can be as simple as, “Hey, I’m sorry, I misspoke, I’ll try to get it right next time.” What isn’t okay is to not make an effort to get it correct the next time around. That’s okay and do you know why that’s okay? Because we are human and we make mistakes. Let’s start with some basics first - what are some pronouns that make up this list:Īnyone you meet could prefer to go by any of these pronouns and the basic rule is only that it is someone’s choice, whether they are transgender, cisgender or gender nonconforming.Īs we start to navigate this more encompassing way of speaking about ourselves and others, we will make mistakes - pronouns pop out of our mouths without much thought and that might mean you may use the wrong pronoun for someone. What are your pronouns? My name is Holly, and my pronouns are she/her. In celebration of Pride Month this June, I wanted to offer some guidance on how we can make the world a bit kinder, beginning with using the correct pronouns of the folks we work with.
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