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'''International Pronouns Day''' is an annual event that seeks to make sharing and respecting people's [[pronouns]] commonplace. It takes place each year on the third Wednesday of October. The first iteration was on October 17, 2018, and there were participants from 25 countries in every continent except Antarctica. | '''International Pronouns Day''' is an annual event that seeks to make sharing and respecting people's [[pronouns]] commonplace. It takes place each year on the third Wednesday of October. The first iteration was on October 17, 2018, and there were participants from 25 countries in every continent except Antarctica. | ||
The event was founded by [[Shige Sakurai]]. | The event was founded by [[Shige Sakurai]] with assistance from [[Genny Beemyn]].<ref name="advo_WhyW">{{Cite web |title=Why We Created International Pronouns Day |last=Maurer |first=Luca |work=advocate.com |date=17 October 2018 |access-date=23 April 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2018/10/17/why-we-created-international-pronouns-day|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426100200/https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2018/10/17/why-we-created-international-pronouns-day |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
Gender pronouns are far from new. We use them on a regular basis to both identify and refer to somebody. Describing somebody as 'he' or 'she', groups of 'they' or 'them' alongside referring to inanimate things as 'it' is something many will be very familiar with, but this is only really the beginning of an even more complex language, understanding and acceptance. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jlloyd.co.uk/blogs/entertainment/international-pronouns-day|title=International Pronouns Day|website=Joshua Lloyd|language=en|access-date=2021-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019222934/https://jlloyd.co.uk/blogs/entertainment/international-pronouns-day|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | |||
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