{"id":1524178,"date":"2022-06-20T14:34:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T18:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1524178"},"modified":"2022-06-20T14:34:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T18:34:26","slug":"pride-month-heres-how-the-navy-is-training-sailors-on-proper-gender-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pride-month-heres-how-the-navy-is-training-sailors-on-proper-gender-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"PRIDE MONTH: Here\u2019s How the Navy Is Training Sailors on Proper Gender Pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpride-month-heres-how-the-navy-is-training-sailors-on-proper-gender-pronouns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1524178&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>The Navy is training its members to create a &#8220;safe space&#8221; by using proper gender pronouns in a new instructional video modeled after a children&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hi! My name is Jony, and I use he\/him pronouns,&#8221;\u00a0Naval Undersea Warfare Center engineer Jony Rozon, who sports a rainbow-colored t-shirt, states in the video&#8217;s opening.<\/p>\n<p>The official training video is meant to emphasize &#8220;the importance of using correct pronouns as well as polite etiquette when you may not be sure of someone&#8217;s pronouns,&#8221; according to the Navy, which late last month published the video online. The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/video\/844401\/navspeaks-pronouns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">touts<\/a> the video as an &#8220;official U.S. Navy video&#8221; posted by Air Force staff sergeant John Vannucci.<\/p>\n<p>The video is the latest bid by the military to foster a more sensitive environment for its members and staff. The Army mandates similar gender identity training and trains officers on when to offer subordinates gender-transition surgery, the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/army-mandates-pronoun-training-for-all-levels-of-service\/\">reported<\/a>\u00a0in March. These programs are part of a larger push by the Biden administration to make the military more welcoming to transgender individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The nearly four-minute Navy video emphasizes how members can create\u00a0&#8220;a safe space&#8221; for their colleagues by using &#8220;inclusive language&#8221; that signals they are &#8220;allies&#8221; who &#8220;accept everybody.&#8221; Service members must take these steps to ensure they do not &#8220;misgender someone.&#8221; The Navy also warns staff against pressuring an individual to disclose his or her gender pronouns, saying that colleagues may still be in &#8220;the process of discovery&#8221; and not yet ready to provide this information.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A pronoun is how we identify ourselves apart from our name, and it&#8217;s also how people refer to us in conversations,&#8221; notes engineer Conchy Vasquez, who hosts the video along with Rozon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Using the right pronouns is a really simple way to affirm someone&#8217;s identity. It is a signal of acceptance and respect,&#8221; adds Rozon.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts go on to discuss how Navy members can create &#8220;a safe space for everybody&#8221; through the use of proper gender pronouns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Instead of saying something like \u2018Hey guys,&#8217; you can say, \u2018Hey everyone,&#8217; or \u2018Hey team,'&#8221; Rozon says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Another way that we could show that we&#8217;re allies and that we accept everybody is to maybe include our pronouns in our emails or, like we just did, introduce ourselves using our pronouns,&#8221; Vasquez says.<\/p>\n<p>Navy members are warned against pressuring colleagues to provide their gender pronouns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some people may be going through the process of discovery, and they are not ready yet to tell you what their pronouns are, and that&#8217;s OK,&#8221; Vasquez says. If a colleague does not want to disclose gender pronouns, Navy members should &#8220;continue to use general-neutral language.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The video also addresses what should be done when a person &#8220;misgender[s] someone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the first thing to recognize is that it&#8217;s not the end of the world. You correct yourself and move on, or you accept the correction and move on,&#8221; Vasquez says. &#8220;The most important thing I can tell you is do not put the burden of making you feel good about your mistake on the person that you just misgendered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Service members are instructed to practice memorizing a person&#8217;s gender pronouns by going &#8220;through a progression of three good things about the person using their pronouns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s say the person chooses to use \u2018they,'&#8221; Vasquez says. &#8220;Then you will in your mind go, \u2018They have a nice shirt. They have a nice smile. They are really smart.&#8217; So that kinda sticks in your brain.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Navy is training its members to create a &#8220;safe space&#8221; by using proper gender pronouns in a new instructional video modeled after a children&#8217;s show. &#8220;Hi! 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