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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Kate Ng

Halifax hits back at customers who oppose personal pronoun badge policy

Halifax

Halifax bank has told customers they can close their accounts if they do not like its values following a Twitter row over the staff including gender pronoun on their names tags.

The company posted a photo of a staff member wearing a name tag “Gemma” followed by “she/her/hers”. The tweet said “Pronouns matter. #ItsAPeopleThing”.

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