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<h1 id="on-pronouns">on pronouns</h1>
<h1>on pronouns</h1>
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<p>
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<img class="hero" src="/img/starling.jpg" alt="Image unrelated to post. A starling, a beautifully iridescent black bird, stands on a hanging suet feeder." loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1000" height="666">
<p>Created in cooperation with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-pinedo-094162117/" target="_blank" rel="external">Julia Pinedo</a>.</p>
<aside id="toc">
<details>
<summary><h2>table of contents</h2></summary>
<nav class="toc">
<ol>
<li><a href="#what-are-pronouns%3F">What are pronouns?</a>
<ol>
<li><a href="#pronouns">Pronouns</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#ok%2C-what's-gender%3F">Ok, what's gender?</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#gender-terms">Gender terms</a>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><a href="#a-brief-foray-into-history">A brief foray into history</a>
<ol>
<li><a href="#alternate-pronouns-aren't-new">Alternate pronouns aren't new</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#fuss-over-pronouns-isn't-new">Fuss over pronouns isn't new</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#trans-and-nonbinary-people-aren't-new">Trans and nonbinary people aren't new</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#history-repeats-itself">History repeats itself</a>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><a href="#prescriptivism-and-descriptivism">Prescriptivism and descriptivism</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#why-it-matters">Why it matters</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#pronoun-interactions">Pronoun interactions</a>
<ol>
<li><a href="#introductions">Introductions</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#corrections">Corrections</a>
<ol>
<li><a href="#correcting-yourself">Correcting yourself</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#correcting-others">Correcting others</a>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><a href="#digital-tools">Digital tools</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#practice!">PRACTICE!</a>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><a href="#more-scenarios">More scenarios</a>
<ol>
<li><a href="#what-if-you-don't-know-someone's-pronouns%3F">What if you don't know someone's pronouns?</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#multiple-pronouns">Multiple pronouns</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#neopronouns">Neopronouns</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#any%2Fall-pronouns">Any/all pronouns</a>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><a href="#resources">Resources</a>
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<li><a href="#books">Books</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#articles">Articles</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#other-resources">Other resources</a>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><a href="#*-asides">* asides</a>
<ol>
<li><a href="#hermaphrodite">hermaphrodite</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#transsexual">transsexual</a>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
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</details>
</aside>
<p>Created in cooperation with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahpinedo/" target="_blank" rel="external">Jonah Pinedo</a>.</p>
<p>Adapted from a workplace session on pronouns and gender identity.</p>
<h2 id="what-are-pronouns">What are pronouns?</h2>
<h2 id="what-are-pronouns%3F">What are pronouns?</h2>
<p>and for that matter, what's gender?</p>
<h3 id="pronouns">Pronouns</h3>
<ul>
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</li>
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<h3 id="ok-whats-gender">Ok, what's gender?</h3>
<h3 id="ok%2C-what's-gender%3F">Ok, what's gender?</h3>
<ul>
<li>In English as well as some other languages, pronouns are <em>gendered</em>
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<h2 id="a-brief-foray-into-history">A brief foray into history</h2>
<p>this is all new, right? ...right?</p>
<h3 id="alternate-pronouns-arent-new">Alternate pronouns aren't new</h3>
<h3 id="alternate-pronouns-aren't-new">Alternate pronouns aren't new</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>...Francis Brewster coined <em>E</em>, <em>es</em>, and <em>em</em> in 1841, and Charles Crozat Converse announced <em>thon</em> and <em>thons</em> in 1884...</p>
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<li>Even singular &quot;they&quot; which is seen as new has been in use since the 1300s - and predates singular &quot;you&quot;</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="fuss-over-pronouns-isnt-new">Fuss over pronouns isn't new</h3>
<h3 id="fuss-over-pronouns-isn't-new">Fuss over pronouns isn't new</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>In 1916, when Jeanette Rankin, of Montana, became the first woman elected to the US House of Representatives, the <em>Minneapolis Star Tribune</em> ran this headline challenging the grammatical rule that says the masculine pronoun [he] can refer to women: “Can ‘She’ Be ‘He’, a Congressman, and Be Woman?” Pronouns aren’t just a part of speech. Pronouns are political.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>– What’s Your Pronoun: Beyond He &amp; She, Dennis Baron (he/him)</p>
<h3 id="trans-and-nonbinary-people-arent-new">Trans and nonbinary people aren't new</h3>
<h3 id="trans-and-nonbinary-people-aren't-new">Trans and nonbinary people aren't new</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>In 1841, Francis Brewster took time from his medical practice to write a grammar in which he labeled his new pronouns “masculor feminine.” <em>Masculofeminina</em> is Latin for “man-woman, or hermaphrodite<a href="#hermaphrodite">*</a>,” and Brewster’s use of this unusual term is the first hint at nonbinary gender in a grammar book.</p>
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<li>Set your pronouns in Teams</li>
<li>Add pronouns to your email signature</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="practice"><em><strong>PRACTICE!</strong></em></h3>
<h3 id="practice!"><em><strong>PRACTICE!</strong></em></h3>
<ul>
<li>Deliberately think or speak about a specific person using the correct pronouns</li>
<li>Use practice passages such as <a href="https://genderneutralpronoun.wordpress.com/about/alice/" target="_blank" rel="external">Alice in Wonderland Texts - Gender Neutral Pronoun Blog</a></li>
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<p>– pronouns 101: introduction to your loved one’s new pronouns, Kirby Conrod (they/them)</p>
<h2 id="more-scenarios">More scenarios</h2>
<p>beyond just &quot;they&quot;</p>
<h3 id="what-if-you-dont-know-someones-pronouns">What if you don't know someone's pronouns?</h3>
<h3 id="what-if-you-don't-know-someone's-pronouns%3F">What if you don't know someone's pronouns?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Use they/them/theirs - this is language you already use! e.g. &quot;Someone left their phone here&quot;
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<li><strong>Pave the way for more vulnerable queer people to express themselves.</strong> As someone in a position of relative privilege, it is far easier for me to publicly use neopronouns than it may be for other queer/trans folks who find they align with neos. If someone has already seen me using neos, they are less likely to push back on the next person they see doing so - even if that means I am the one to deal with that pushback.</li>
<li><strong>Be more visible as a trans person.</strong> This ties back to (1). While some trans people prefer to fly under the radar so to speak and be read as a cis person of their gender, there is no cis version of &quot;nonbinary&quot;. For me, being understood by others as a binary cis man feels stifling and incorrect. Neopronouns are one way to make my transness more visible as someone who is otherwise not always read as queer. And, as in (4), that visibility helps pave the way for others :)</li>
</ol>
<h3 id="any-all-pronouns">Any/all pronouns</h3>
<h3 id="any%2Fall-pronouns">Any/all pronouns</h3>
<ul>
<li>Some people accept any pronouns for various reasons</li>
<li><strong>This is not an opportunity to ask them which ones they &quot;really prefer&quot;</strong></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.genderpodcast.com/" target="_blank" rel="external">GENDER REVEAL</a> is a podcast with a different trans guest each episode – an excellent look into the diversity of trans experiences</li>
<li><a href="https://franny.itch.io/parlare-gender-neutral-pronoun-app?secret=toQDv9bqZ1Cj63gGV9kBd9VVLY" target="_blank" rel="external">Parlare by franny</a>, an app that teaches gender-neutral pronoun use</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="asides">* asides</h2>
<h2 id="*-asides">* asides</h2>
<h3 id="hermaphrodite">hermaphrodite</h3>
<p>not currently considered polite by some; do not use it for others unless they use it for themselves</p>
<h3 id="transsexual">transsexual</h3>
<p>not currently considered polite by some; do not use it for others unless they use it for themselves</p>
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