Deloitte US has now modified its policies in reaction to US President Donald Trump’s anti-transgender measures. The company has told consultants in its government and public services division to stop using gender pronouns in their email signatures, according to a Financial Times story. The company noted the requirement to “align with new government client practices and requirements.”
Furthermore, the FT investigation noted that Deloitte US has declared its intention to terminate its diversity targets, annual diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) reports, and DEI activities.
Citing the NDTV report, in a statement, Deloitte US has confirmed its commitment to sticking to government regulations, noting, “as a US government contractor, we have a long-standing track record of compliance with new governmental requirements.”
Deloitte is not the first business to implement these reforms, though. Citing an analysis of the changing political climate in the US, Accenture also recently discontinued its demographic-specific career initiatives and worldwide diversity ambitions.
President Donald Trump issued an order on January 20th, stating that only the male and female sexes shall be recognized in the United States. This occurred as he acted swiftly to repeal a number of laws intended to advance racial justice and defend the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The order requires the government for using the term “sex” rather than “gender”. Hence requiring that designation documents published by the government, including passports and visas, be based on what it described as “an individual’s immutable biological classification as either male or female.” The order also noted that it “diminishes sex as an identifiable or useful category but nevertheless maintains that it is possible for a person to be born in the wrong sexed body.”
As officials scrambled to comply with President Trump’s order taking back protections for transgender people, which demanded the removal of “gender ideology” language from websites, contracts, and emails, federal agencies took down scores of government webpages at the beginning of the month.
