Posted on 06/19/2021 7:36:48 AM PDT by Stravinsky
What’s the best way to tell someone your pronouns at work?
-The answer is clear, straightforward, and casual — in the same way you’d share what region or city you live in.
- In-person, share them with your basic intro. “Hey! My name is Lily Zheng. I use they/them pronouns, and I’m a diversity, equity, and inclusion strategist living on Muwekma Ohlone land in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
- Online, including in email signatures, you can include your pronouns (typically in the format of “X/X” or “X/X/X” (e.g. “she/her” or “she/her/hers”).
- When it comes to asking someone their pronouns, it can get more complicated, as most people don’t ask everyone their pronouns — most people only tend to ask visibly transgender or gender-nonconforming people.
- The advice here is to focus instead on always introducing yourself with your pronouns. If the individual you meet feels comfortable doing so, they may share their pronouns with you.
- For all people who have not shared their pronouns with you, commit to using singular “they” until you learn their pronouns.
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If people share that they use multiple sets of pronouns, make your best efforts to use the different sets they’ve shared. If you feel comfortable, you can ask them whether they prefer others using different pronouns within the same conversation (e.g. “I was talking to her the other day. They told me…”) or changing pronoun sets across different conversations (e.g. Conversation 1: “I was talking to her the other day. She told me…”; Conversation 2: “They mentioned that to me before! They were saying…”).
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While I would never buy a vowel, I most certainly would not pay a noun. All of my nouns are amateur nouns.
God/Lord. Please use them.
I refer to everyone as “they” When someone has a name like “Gyrtferyhsed”, I’m not gonna even.
I am a straight white male. Take a guess, nimrod!
Them: “What are your pronouns?”
Me (with a quizzical expression): “Can you see me?”
Them: “Yes...”
Me: “Is English your first language?”
Them: “Yes...”
Me: “Then, if you’re honest, you already know what my pronouns are.”
At least they’re letting us know they’re crazy beforehand so we don’t have to interact with them or hire them.
My sentiments exactly. Or do the crocodile Dundee bit and check for yourself... lol
My pronouns are me—myself — and I. Gotta problem with that?
“My preferred pronoun is they.”
“Really? How many demons are inside you? Would you like me to call an exorcist?”
F*** and Off
Isn't it insane?
And the sad truth of it is that it has invaded our military, whose job it is to defend our country.
How can a soldier defend our country when he can't figure out what sex he is or what pronouns to use?
Best pronouns I’ve seen are fee/fie/fo/fum.
I live on Republic of Texas land in the Gulf Coast region.
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