Gender neutral titles: Difference between revisions

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    ===Div===
    ===Div===


    '''How to use:''' Div. Sam Smith, Div. Smith.
    '''How to use:''' Div. Sam Smith; Div. Smith.


    '''Pronunciation:'''  
    '''Pronunciation:'''  
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    ===Ind===
    ===Ind===


    '''How to use:''' Ind. Sam Smith, Ind. Smith.
    '''How to use:''' Ind. Sam Smith; Ind. Smith.


    '''Pronunciation:''' "ind" (IPA: ˌɪnd) or "individual".
    '''Pronunciation:''' "ind" (IPA: ˌɪnd) or "individual".
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    ===M===
    ===M===


    '''How to use:''' M Smith. M. Smith.
    '''How to use:''' M Smith; M. Smith.


    '''Pronunciation:''' Pronounced ''em'' (IPA: ɛm), like the name of the letter M.
    '''Pronunciation:''' Pronounced ''em'' (IPA: ɛm), like the name of the letter M.
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    === M* ===
    === M* ===


    '''How to use:''' M* Sam Smith. M* Smith.
    '''How to use:''' M* Sam Smith; M* Smith.


    '''Pronunciation:''' miss-star
    '''Pronunciation:''' miss-star
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    '''History:''' M* (alternatively "M⭐" or "Mstr") was coined in May 2018 by Osiesaur (tumblr user owlsofstarlight).<ref name="owls">{{Cite web |title=Can't sleep so have the gender shitpost my brain is thinking about instead |author=owlsofstarlight |work=Writing Volcano |date=22 May 2019 |access-date=11 July 2020 |url= https://owlsofstarlight.tumblr.com/post/185055185526/cant-sleep-so-have-the-gender-shitpost-my-brain|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221025244/https://owlsofstarlight.tumblr.com/post/185055185526/cant-sleep-so-have-the-gender-shitpost-my-brain |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
    '''History:''' M* (alternatively "M⭐" or "Mstr") was coined in May 2018 by Osiesaur (tumblr user owlsofstarlight).<ref name="owls">{{Cite web |title=Can't sleep so have the gender shitpost my brain is thinking about instead |author=owlsofstarlight |work=Writing Volcano |date=22 May 2019 |access-date=11 July 2020 |url= https://owlsofstarlight.tumblr.com/post/185055185526/cant-sleep-so-have-the-gender-shitpost-my-brain|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221025244/https://owlsofstarlight.tumblr.com/post/185055185526/cant-sleep-so-have-the-gender-shitpost-my-brain |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


    '''Use:'''  
    === Mg ===
    '''How to use:''' Mg. Smith.


    '''Pronunciation:''' "mage" (IPA: / meɪd͡ʒ /) or "magis" (IPA: / ˈmæd͡ʒɪs /)
    '''History and meaning:''' From Latin ''magister'', whence ''mister'' and ''mistress'' are descended from. The “mage” pronunciation was proposed and popularized in a post by Tumblr user apolloendymion on May 15th, 2024<ref>apolloendymion (15 May, 2024). Blog post. https://www.tumblr.com/apolloendymion/750765254114508800/benefits-of-mg-easy-to-pronounce-even-for. Retrieved 20 June, 2024.</ref>, though Mg. with the pronunciation "magis" has also been proposed as far back as March 26th, 2021.<ref>Z Demir (26 March 2021). Quora reply. https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-non-binary-alternative-to-MS-or-Mr. Retrieved 20 June 2024.</ref>
    === Mir ===
    === Mir ===
    '''How to use:''' Mir Sam Smith. Mir Smith.
    '''How to use:''' Mir Sam Smith; Mir Smith.


    '''Pronunciation:''' Pronounced like "mer" in merlin (IPA: / mɜr /).
    '''Pronunciation:''' Pronounced like "mer" in merlin (IPA: / mɜr /).
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    ===Misc===
    ===Misc===


    '''How to use:''' Misc Sam Smith. Misc Smith.
    '''How to use:''' Misc Sam Smith; Misc Smith.


    '''Pronunciation:''' Pronounced "misk" (IPA: mɪsk).
    '''Pronunciation:''' Pronounced "misk" (IPA: mɪsk).
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    ''For more information, see main article: [[Mx]].''
    ''For more information, see main article: [[Mx]].''


    '''How to use:''' Mx Sam Smith. Mx Smith.
    '''How to use:''' Mx Sam Smith; Mx Smith.


    '''History:''' It's not yet known who created the Mx title, when, or what their original intentions were. There is anecdotal evidence that someone went by this title "in about 1965,"<ref>Cassian Lotte Lodge (cassolotl). "Mx has been around since the 1960s." November 26, 2014. Blog post. [http://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/103645470405 http://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/103645470405] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230519033811/http://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/103645470405 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>octopus8. November 18, 2014. Comment on news article. [http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/nov/17/rbs-bank-that-likes-to-say-mx#comment-43834815 http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/nov/17/rbs-bank-that-likes-to-say-mx#comment-43834815] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230509012340/https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/nov/17/rbs-bank-that-likes-to-say-mx Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> and the earliest known recorded mention of the Mx title was in 1977.<ref>{{cite tweet|date=4 May 2015|author=Practical Androgyny|user=PractiAndrogyny|number=595329679789260801|title=The text of the 1977 Single Parent magazine article that coins Mx|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IgwdAQAAMAAJ&dq=editions%3ALCCNsc83001271&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Mx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518102048/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IgwdAQAAMAAJ&dq=editions%3ALCCNsc83001271&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Mx|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref> [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IgwdAQAAMAAJ&amp;dq=editions%3ALCCNsc83001271&amp;focus=searchwithinvolume&amp;q=Mx ''The Single Parent'', vol 20.]</ref> The earliest recorded mention of the Mx title on the Internet was in 1982, and the earliest person found on the Internet earnestly and actively using Mx as their title was in 1998.<ref>Nat Titman, "When was the Mx gender-inclusive title created?" August 28, 2014. ''Practical Androgyny.'' [http://practicalandrogyny.com/2014/08/28/when-was-the-mx-gender-inclusive-title-created/ http://practicalandrogyny.com/2014/08/28/when-was-the-mx-gender-inclusive-title-created/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230216171134/https://practicalandrogyny.com/2014/08/28/when-was-the-mx-gender-inclusive-title-created/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> People began using Mx more often starting around 2000.<ref>Cassian Lotte Lodge, "The growing use of Mx as a gender-inclusive title in the UK." Version 2.5. May 9, 2015. [http://mxactivist.tumblr.com/post/118514708025 http://mxactivist.tumblr.com/post/118514708025] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220328233924/https://mxactivist.tumblr.com/post/118514708025 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> In 2015, assistant editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Jonathan Dent said that they are considering putting Mx into the OED,<ref>Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith, "Gender neutral honorific Mx 'to be included' in the Oxford English Dictionary alongside Mr, Ms and Mrs and Miss." May 3, 2015. ''The Independent''. [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gender-neutral-honorific-mx-to-be-included-in-the-oxford-english-dictionary-alongside-mr-ms-and-mrs-and-miss-10222287.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gender-neutral-honorific-mx-to-be-included-in-the-oxford-english-dictionary-alongside-mr-ms-and-mrs-and-miss-10222287.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230317113849/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gender-neutral-honorific-mx-to-be-included-in-the-oxford-english-dictionary-alongside-mr-ms-and-mrs-and-miss-10222287.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>Mary Papenfuss, "Oxford Dictionary may include gender-neutral honorific 'Mx'." May 5, 2015. ''International Business Times.'' [http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/oxford-dictionary-may-include-gender-neutral-honorific-mx-1499626 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/oxford-dictionary-may-include-gender-neutral-honorific-mx-1499626] [https://web.archive.org/web/20221213084021/https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/oxford-dictionary-may-include-gender-neutral-honorific-mx-1499626 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> and it was added in August 2015.<ref>''[http://www.out.com/news-opinion/2015/8/27/gender-neutral-title-mx-added-oxford-english-dictionary Gender-Neutral Title Mx Added to Oxford English Dictionary]'', out.com, 27th August 2015. Captured April 2016. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221128085532/https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2015/8/27/gender-neutral-title-mx-added-oxford-english-dictionary Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
    '''History:''' It's not yet known who created the Mx title, when, or what their original intentions were. There is anecdotal evidence that someone went by this title "in about 1965,"<ref>Cassian Lotte Lodge (cassolotl). "Mx has been around since the 1960s." November 26, 2014. Blog post. [http://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/103645470405 http://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/103645470405] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230519033811/http://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/103645470405 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>octopus8. November 18, 2014. Comment on news article. [http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/nov/17/rbs-bank-that-likes-to-say-mx#comment-43834815 http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/nov/17/rbs-bank-that-likes-to-say-mx#comment-43834815] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230509012340/https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/nov/17/rbs-bank-that-likes-to-say-mx Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> and the earliest known recorded mention of the Mx title was in 1977.<ref>{{cite tweet|date=4 May 2015|author=Practical Androgyny|user=PractiAndrogyny|number=595329679789260801|title=The text of the 1977 Single Parent magazine article that coins Mx|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IgwdAQAAMAAJ&dq=editions%3ALCCNsc83001271&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Mx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518102048/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IgwdAQAAMAAJ&dq=editions%3ALCCNsc83001271&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Mx|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref> [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IgwdAQAAMAAJ&amp;dq=editions%3ALCCNsc83001271&amp;focus=searchwithinvolume&amp;q=Mx ''The Single Parent'', vol 20.]</ref> The earliest recorded mention of the Mx title on the Internet was in 1982, and the earliest person found on the Internet earnestly and actively using Mx as their title was in 1998.<ref>Nat Titman, "When was the Mx gender-inclusive title created?" August 28, 2014. ''Practical Androgyny.'' [http://practicalandrogyny.com/2014/08/28/when-was-the-mx-gender-inclusive-title-created/ http://practicalandrogyny.com/2014/08/28/when-was-the-mx-gender-inclusive-title-created/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230216171134/https://practicalandrogyny.com/2014/08/28/when-was-the-mx-gender-inclusive-title-created/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> People began using Mx more often starting around 2000.<ref>Cassian Lotte Lodge, "The growing use of Mx as a gender-inclusive title in the UK." Version 2.5. May 9, 2015. [http://mxactivist.tumblr.com/post/118514708025 http://mxactivist.tumblr.com/post/118514708025] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220328233924/https://mxactivist.tumblr.com/post/118514708025 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> In 2015, assistant editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Jonathan Dent said that they are considering putting Mx into the OED,<ref>Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith, "Gender neutral honorific Mx 'to be included' in the Oxford English Dictionary alongside Mr, Ms and Mrs and Miss." May 3, 2015. ''The Independent''. [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gender-neutral-honorific-mx-to-be-included-in-the-oxford-english-dictionary-alongside-mr-ms-and-mrs-and-miss-10222287.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gender-neutral-honorific-mx-to-be-included-in-the-oxford-english-dictionary-alongside-mr-ms-and-mrs-and-miss-10222287.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230317113849/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gender-neutral-honorific-mx-to-be-included-in-the-oxford-english-dictionary-alongside-mr-ms-and-mrs-and-miss-10222287.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>Mary Papenfuss, "Oxford Dictionary may include gender-neutral honorific 'Mx'." May 5, 2015. ''International Business Times.'' [http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/oxford-dictionary-may-include-gender-neutral-honorific-mx-1499626 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/oxford-dictionary-may-include-gender-neutral-honorific-mx-1499626] [https://web.archive.org/web/20221213084021/https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/oxford-dictionary-may-include-gender-neutral-honorific-mx-1499626 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> and it was added in August 2015.<ref>''[http://www.out.com/news-opinion/2015/8/27/gender-neutral-title-mx-added-oxford-english-dictionary Gender-Neutral Title Mx Added to Oxford English Dictionary]'', out.com, 27th August 2015. Captured April 2016. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221128085532/https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2015/8/27/gender-neutral-title-mx-added-oxford-english-dictionary Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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    === Mys ===
    === Mys ===
    '''How to use:''' Mys. Hikaru Utada. Mys. Utada.
    '''How to use:''' Mys. Hikaru Utada; Mys. Utada.


    '''Pronunciation:''' "mis"
    '''Pronunciation:''' "mis"
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