Google urges attendees to wear 'pronoun stickers' at developers conference

Google's annual developers conference i/o 2018 starts Tuesday, and ABC 7's reporter Matt Keller tweeted that attendees are being encouraged to wear "pronoun stickers." Google's annual developers conference i/o 2018 starts Tuesday, and ABC 7's reporter Matt Keller tweeted that attendees are being encouraged to wear "pronoun stickers." Photo: Twitter Screen Grab / @MattKellerABC7 Photo: Twitter Screen Grab / @MattKellerABC7 Image 1 of / 59 Caption Close Google urges attendees to wear 'pronoun stickers' at developers conference 1 / 59 Back to Gallery

Google's annual developers conference i/o 2018 starts Tuesday, and many are sharing on Twitter that attendees are being encouraged to wear "pronoun stickers."

ABC 7's reporter Matt Keller posted a photo on Twitter of a station at the conference check-in with stickers reading "they," "him" and "her" and a sign reading, "We care about your pronouns. Add a sticker to your badge to share with others which ones you prefer."

Others on Twitter applauded Google for offering the stickers.

"Thanks #googleio2018 for the pronoun stickers at check in," tweeted Julia Grebenstein.

"Are those pronoun stickers official? That's an awesome idea!" David Lyons tweeted.

"Yay pronoun stickers! #io18" chimed in Russell Holly.

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Pronoun stickers are becoming increasingly common at conferences to foster inclusiveness and reduce instances of misgendering.

The American Association of Physics Teachers uses the stickers at its conferences, for example.

A sign at a March 2017 meeting said these stickers "make it easy for people to communicate their pronoun sets to others, especially for people who use uncommon pronouns or who have recently changed which pronouns they use."

Twitter users have also noted over the past year that the stickers have been offered at events ranging from a Salesforce gathering to the Global Digital Humanities Symposium.