Article 2HXGG HSBC should forget Mr, Mrs and Mystery. Here’s the only title we need | David Shariatmadari

HSBC should forget Mr, Mrs and Mystery. Here’s the only title we need | David Shariatmadari

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David Shariatmadari
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The bank has introduced 10 new gender-neutral modes of address for customers to choose from. But there might be an even more liberating solution

Plain old Mr, Mrs and Ms just don't cut it any more. At least, that's what HSBC thinks. It may no longer be "the listening bank", but it's listened to its customers in all their gender diversity, and provided them with 10 new titles to choose from on official forms. These include "Ind" for individual, "Mre" for mystery, "Pr" for person and "Misc" for miscellaneous.

Related: 'Dear Sirs' goes gender neutral

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