Wishlist: Pronoun field in patron registration form

[Millissa]

Would like to add a pronoun field to the patron registration form.

[Elizabeth Thomsen (et-8)]

This is something we're interested in as well. There are a few ways to do this: have patrons select from a list, have patrons select from a list but with an Add Other option, or have patrons enter free text. Having patrons choose from a list is never going to cover all the variations and combinations, and the Add Other option may just add more complexity, so we would like to see this as a free text field, with a few examples to suggest a format, like she/her/hers, they/them/theirs.

We found this page useful, particularly the section on pronouns: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2016/12/supporting-students-gender-identity-an-it-perspective

[Elizabeth Davis (elidavis)]

We have had SPARK/PaILS users asking for this recently as well.

[Jennifer Pringle (jpringle-u)]

In addition to adding this to the patron registration form in the staff client it should also be added as an option for the self registration form and be editable by the patron from within My Account.

[Elizabeth Thomsen (et-8)]

Good points, Jennifer!

[Jane Sandberg (sandbergja)]

Just a note that Koha includes a pronoun field: https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10950

I think the display is pretty nice on the Koha patron record! Close to the name, so you can see it right away if needed for customer service purposes.

[Elizabeth Thomsen (et-8)]

Confirming that this is still a valid wishlist item through Release 3.11