Vanderbilt University is now issuing staff nameplates that include staffers’ preferred gender pronouns alongside more conventional information like their name and job title.
A photo of the new nameplates first surfaced on Twitter earlier this week, showing four different nameplates that all carry preferred pronouns.
Now, an assistant diversity coordinator can declare a preference for ze, zir, and zirs as zir pronouns.
Vanderbilt made nametags recently & many included a preferred pronoun section. This is real life: pic.twitter.com/LeT7BCkdmA
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 6, 2016
The new nameplates come just days after Vanderbilt began decorating the campus with posters teaching students how to use unconventional gender-neutral pronouns like “ze” and “zirs.” They also come a month after Vanderbilt returned a $1.2 million donation so that it could rename Confederate Memorial Hall.
Vanderbilt’s annual cost of attendance is currently $63,532.
(Editor’s note: This post has been updated)
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