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We were touring much different schools than Auburn. Mainly liberal arts colleges in the Midwest and northeast. The largest school we toured was W&M.  I don’t have strong feelings about people announcing their pronouns.  Since so many were doing it I figured it was something being done on college campuses these days.  [/quote]

Pp you quoted (Auburn visitor) here
Oh you are correct it definitely is being done at a lot!  My son has mostly been visiting large state universities and has encountered it--CU Boulder did.[/quote]

I definitely expect to hear the pronouns announcement these days at colleges. But, the one time [b]the info might have been helpful [/b]was on a tour at Juniata with an excellent tour guide who I was not sure was male or female. Eventually he mentioned being gay and when discussing the school's gender inclusive dorms and other supports for LGBTQ students but nobody on our visit proactively mentioned pronouns [/quote]

But why would it have been helpful?  You aren't going to have an ongoing relationship with the tour guide.  The tour guide won't hear you if you are telling your friends/family about the tour, so even if you used the "wrong" pronoun, it's not like the tour guide will be around to hear it and be offended.[/quote]

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