Biden adds preferred pronouns dropdown to White House contact form

President Biden’s administration has already made some modifications to the White House’s online contact form.

The form gives users the option to list their preferred pronouns, with possible responses including “she/her,” “he/him,” “they/them,” “other,” and “prefer not to share.” The website also offers expanded options of user prefixes, with “Mx.,” “other (please specify),” and “none” listed alongside the more conventional “Mr.,” “Ms.,” “Mrs.,” and “Dr.”

The change was celebrated by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, which said that the move represents a step toward inclusivity.

“On Day One, the Biden administration has taken immediate steps to include trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people in the conversation,” said GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “Pronouns matter, and adding inclusive pronouns to a contact form is more than just a demonstration of allyship. Research has shown that recognition and respect of our pronouns can make all the difference for our health and wellbeing — especially when it comes to LGBTQ youth.”

Conservatives on Twitter suggested the administration’s priorities should be elsewhere.

“The administration that values objectively verifiable facts has begun!” wrote Daily Wire editor emeritus Ben Shapiro in a tweet.

Newsweek columnist Benjamin Weingarten wrote, “Our Ruling Class is incredibly serious.”

Others were more somber in their criticism, expressing concern about what the change could mean for the Biden administration’s agenda going forward.

“It’s going to be four years of little faceless Biden sock puppets running around doing useless s— like this,” Chadwick Moore, editor-in-chief of the Log Cabin Republicans’ OUTspoken publication, tweeted. “And selling more of our country to China. Maybe a war or two. That’s about it.”

The White House did not immediately reply to a request for comment.