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Importance of Pronoun Use in Building an Empowering Climate Through Sports

5/3/2022

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By Dirk Smith, M.Sc, SDL (He/Him)
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You may have noticed a trend growing over the last few years where people are including their pronouns next to their name in places like email signatures, author credits (see mine above), social media profiles and other places. What’s the deal? Why is it so important that people know what your pronouns are?

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My Friend Ken

1/14/2021

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Ken and I at Hamburger Mary's for our last post-training lunch date.
By Dirk Smith, MSc, SDL (He/Him). 

During the last week of November, I sat down at my desk, microphone set up and ready to record a discussion with my friend Ken Felts for NPR’s StoryCorps podcast. Being my first ever podcast, the premise was for Ken and I to talk about our friendship and impact on each other’s lives. Flashback to the Spring of 2020 as the Coronavirus Pandemic was starting to cause major worldwide disruptions to everyday life. Ken Felts is a 90-year-old man living in Colorado posted a Facebook message that would forever change his life. For the first time in his life, Ken came out as gay

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    David "Dirk" Smith M.Sc, SDL, CSCS, (He/Him) is a sport psychology expert, performance coach, teacher, writer, journalist, and athlete. He brings over 10 years of experience as a coach, athlete, personal trainer, fitness instructor, and sports psychologist to drive athletes to build their own self efficacy and express themselves through sport. Learn more about Dirk here!​​

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