# Pride

Data: 11-01-2025 21:42:37

## Lista de Vídeos

1. [The Power of Pronouns: Fostering Inclusivity and Respect](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSrzOTGMBs8)

## Transcrições

### The Power of Pronouns: Fostering Inclusivity and Respect
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSrzOTGMBs8

Idioma: en

pronouns for me are a way of sharing or
communicating your identity the use of
pronouns is a part of your identity I
can remember growing up and seeing
textbooks that would never use she or
her and feeling offended and left out by
it and I think that that's a story that
a lot of people understand so it
surprises me when people fail to
understand the importance of pronouns
with everyday identity using people's
correct gender pronouns means we can
treat everybody with respect and refer
to them in a way that aligns with their
identity to me the use of pronouns is
just about allowing everyone to feel
more comfortable and included around you
and making sure you don't alienate
someone simply for part of their own
identity it's part of who I am it
constitutes what we call the true
authentic self one of the most helpful
ways I've heard to describe pronouns
came from an MBA 2022 they compared the
use of pronouns to using somebody his
name so just like you wouldn't assume
somebody's name you shouldn't assume
their pronouns and just like if somebody
introduced themselves to you as Gene you
wouldn't later call them Rachel in the
past I know I haven't been particularly
good with pronouns and so when people
have corrected me I've always taken it
almost like as a slight to myself I
think joining the lbs and attending your
route has really shaped the way I
thought about it where you know it's
about people wanting me to do better
because they know I can and that it's a
better way for me to show up the
community than I have before so for me
it's not necessarily a slight against
myself it's more like how do I make sure
that I'm representing the best person
but also the community at large and just
ask people how they identify because we
don't want to accidentally make someone
feel less valid or unseen so it's it
could be a part of a habit when you
start a conversation and how do I
pronounce your name what are your
pronouns so what I would say to people
that disagree with the use of gender
neutral pronouns is they're not new it
is something that has existed we're just
expanding the breadth of what that
includes and even though it might not
apply to you it can make such a
significant impact to a person to be
validated accepted acknowledged for what
they identify as it's interesting to see
the evolving use of language that
correlates with the progression we're
making the Societies in some ways it
feels uncomfortable if you're the only
one who feels different and has to share
your pronouns because you know that's
you and your community but if everyone's
doing it that kind of provides a safe
space for you to do it at all times and
that's why I feel like it's so important
I think it's extremely important that
lbs is formalizing the use gender
pronouns because students here once they
leave are going on to organizations
across the world and it will only have a
ripple effect hopefully with this change
we can then seek the ripple effect
across the world it makes me feel proud
to be part of an institution that is
showcasing pronouns throughout as it
shows that not only values students
opinions and creates action against it
but also it is moving to making sure our
environment is increasingly inclusive we
can't celebrate our diversity at lbs
without an inclusive environment how I
would advise people to start using
pronouns if they haven't already is
do it quite naturally and try to
normalize what's not normal so
introducing pronouns into your
introduction even if you're the only one
in the room there might be one person
that was like click oh I'm this is a
safe space I can probably use my
pronouns or maybe start a conversation I
think the first thing we can do at lbs
is to incorporate the use of gender
pronouns into our everyday conversations
and introductions I want to make sure
that people feel comfortable and not
necessarily different when they're the
only one that has to share their
pronouns and if everybody can do it and
even easy things like email signatures
it'll make it that much more comfortable
it's not to include your pronouncing
yourself introduction it might feel
awkward in the beginning or in some
scenarios but the more you do it it will
just become a muscle memory so let's
just all start by normalizing this
activity altogether
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