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* '''Reflexive:''' Each child feeds ''herself''. '''or''' Each child feeds ''himself''. | * '''Reflexive:''' Each child feeds ''herself''. '''or''' Each child feeds ''himself''. | ||
'''Usage:''' In the 2018 Gender Census, 13.8% of respondents chose "mix it up" both alone and in addition to other pronoun choices.<ref name="Census2018">[ | '''Usage:''' In the 2018 Gender Census, 13.8% of respondents chose "mix it up" both alone and in addition to other pronoun choices.<ref name="Census2018">[https://gendercensus.com/post/183832246805/gender-census-2019-the-full-report-worldwide Gender Census 2019 - The Full Report (Worldwide)], April 2019.</ref> | ||
===Co=== | ===Co=== | ||
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* In 1996, 10 out of 1015 users on MediaMOO went by spivak pronouns, making these the second most popular nonbinary pronoun.<ref>Steve Jones, ''Cybersociety 2.0: Revisiting Computer-Mediated Community and Technology.'' p. 141.</ref> | * In 1996, 10 out of 1015 users on MediaMOO went by spivak pronouns, making these the second most popular nonbinary pronoun.<ref>Steve Jones, ''Cybersociety 2.0: Revisiting Computer-Mediated Community and Technology.'' p. 141.</ref> | ||
* The author Bogi "prezzey" Takács goes by spivak pronouns.<ref>[https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/bogitakacs Bogi Takács' biography on Smashwords], captured March 2016.</ref> | * The author Bogi "prezzey" Takács goes by spivak pronouns.<ref>[https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/bogitakacs Bogi Takács' biography on Smashwords], captured March 2016.</ref> | ||
* In the | * In the 2019 Gender Census, 5.2% of participants were happy for people to use Spivak pronouns when referring to them.<ref name=Census2018></ref> | ||
'''Forms:''' | '''Forms:''' | ||
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'''Use in real life and non-fiction:''' | '''Use in real life and non-fiction:''' | ||
* The Elverson pronouns were used by Eric Klein in the ''Laws of Oceania'', 1993, to be gender-inclusive in a nonfictional micronation. Sometimes this pronoun set is mistakenly called "[[English neutral pronouns#E|spivak pronouns]]," which differ only in the nominative form. | * The Elverson pronouns were used by Eric Klein in the ''Laws of Oceania'', 1993, to be gender-inclusive in a nonfictional micronation. Sometimes this pronoun set is mistakenly called "[[English neutral pronouns#E|spivak pronouns]]," which differ only in the nominative form. | ||
* In the | * In the 2019 Gender Census, about a 0.1% of participants were happy for people to use Elverson pronouns when referring to them - 18 people.<ref name="Census2018"/> | ||
'''Use in fiction:''' | '''Use in fiction:''' | ||
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* In the | * In the 2019 Gender Census, 4.3% of participants were happy for people to use ''fae'' pronouns when referring to them<ref name="Census2018"/>. "Fae" was the only nounself pronoun with a comparable level of popularity in that survey. | ||
Forms: | Forms: | ||
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'''Usage:''' | '''Usage:''' | ||
* In the | * In the 2019 Gender Census survey, 30.8% of participants were happy for people to use ''he'' pronouns when referring to them.<ref name="Census2018></ref> | ||
===He or she=== | ===He or she=== | ||
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'''Use for real nonbinary people:''' | '''Use for real nonbinary people:''' | ||
In the | In the 2019 Gender Census, 4.4% of the participants were happy for people to use ''it'' pronouns when referring to them.<ref name="Census2018"/> | ||
'''Forms:''' | '''Forms:''' | ||
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* '''Reflexive:''' Each child feeds ''nemself''. | * '''Reflexive:''' Each child feeds ''nemself''. | ||
In the | In the 2019 Gender Census, 27 participants (0.2%) entered the set of pronouns ''ne/nem/nir/nirs/nemself''.<ref name="Census2018"/> | ||
====Ne (ner)==== | ====Ne (ner)==== | ||
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'''Usage:''' | '''Usage:''' | ||
* In the | * In the 2019 Gender Census, only 8 (0.1%) participants were happy for people to use the pronoun ''one'' when referring to them.<ref name="Census2018"/> | ||
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* '''Reflexive:''' Each child feeds ''perself''. | * '''Reflexive:''' Each child feeds ''perself''. | ||
'''Usage:''' Despite its apparently extensive use in literature, in the | '''Usage:''' Despite its apparently extensive use in literature, in the 2019 Gender Census, only 6 (0.1%) participants were happy for people to use the pronoun ''per'' when referring to them.<ref name="Census2018"/> | ||
'''On Pronoun Island:''' [http://pronoun.is/per http://pronoun.is/per] | '''On Pronoun Island:''' [http://pronoun.is/per http://pronoun.is/per] | ||
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* In the 2018 Gender Census, | * In the 2018 Gender Census, 29% of participants were happy for people to use ''she'' pronouns when referring to them.<ref name="Census2018"></ref> | ||
'''On Pronoun Island:''' [http://pronoun.is/she http://pronoun.is/she] | '''On Pronoun Island:''' [http://pronoun.is/she http://pronoun.is/she] | ||
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'''In use for real nonbinary people:''' | '''In use for real nonbinary people:''' | ||
In the | In the 2019 Gender Census, 18 (0.2%) people said that they were happy for people to use ''thon'' to refer to them.<ref name="Census2018"/> | ||
'''Forms:''' | '''Forms:''' | ||
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===Ve=== | ===Ve=== | ||
There are several sets of pronouns that use "ve" in the nominative form, the earliest of which was created in 1970.<ref>http://voices.revealdigital.com/cgi-bin/independentvoices?a=d&d=BFGIFEB19700501.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------------1# (page 2)</ref> In the | There are several sets of pronouns that use "ve" in the nominative form, the earliest of which was created in 1970.<ref>http://voices.revealdigital.com/cgi-bin/independentvoices?a=d&d=BFGIFEB19700501.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------------1# (page 2)</ref> In the 2019 Gender Census, a 24 (0.2%) of participants used a set of pronouns starting with ''ve''.<ref name="Census2018"/> | ||
'''ve, ver, vis, vis, verself''' is the exact set used by Egan, Hulme, and Reynolds (see below). The set's date of creation and creator are not yet known to the editors of this wiki. A nearly-identical but incompletely recorded set was '''ve, vir, vis, (not recorded), (not recorded)''', which was created in 1970, and published in the May issue of ''Everywoman.''<ref name="aetherlumina listing 2"></ref><ref name="d baron epicene"></ref> | '''ve, ver, vis, vis, verself''' is the exact set used by Egan, Hulme, and Reynolds (see below). The set's date of creation and creator are not yet known to the editors of this wiki. A nearly-identical but incompletely recorded set was '''ve, vir, vis, (not recorded), (not recorded)''', which was created in 1970, and published in the May issue of ''Everywoman.''<ref name="aetherlumina listing 2"></ref><ref name="d baron epicene"></ref> | ||
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'''Use for real nonbinary people:''' | '''Use for real nonbinary people:''' | ||
In the | In the 2019 Gender Census, 7.2% of people said they'd be happy for people to use ''xe/xem/xyr/xyrs/xemself'' to refer to them.<ref name="Census2018"/> | ||
'''Forms:''' | '''Forms:''' | ||
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* [[Nonbinary celebrities#Kate Bornstein|Kate Bornstein]] used them in the books ''Nearly Roadkill'' (1996) (with Caitlin Sullivan June)<ref>Caitlin Sullivan June and Kate Bornstein. ''Nearly Roadkill: An Infobahn erotic adventure.'' New York: Serpent's Tail, 1996, p. 10.</ref>, and ''My Gender Workbook'' (1998) in reference to hirself, and to other specific transgender people, as well as hypothetical persons of unspecified gender.<ref>Kate Bornstein, ''My Gender Workbook.'' 1st ed. 1998, p. 106-107, 119, 130-131, 154, 248.</ref> | * [[Nonbinary celebrities#Kate Bornstein|Kate Bornstein]] used them in the books ''Nearly Roadkill'' (1996) (with Caitlin Sullivan June)<ref>Caitlin Sullivan June and Kate Bornstein. ''Nearly Roadkill: An Infobahn erotic adventure.'' New York: Serpent's Tail, 1996, p. 10.</ref>, and ''My Gender Workbook'' (1998) in reference to hirself, and to other specific transgender people, as well as hypothetical persons of unspecified gender.<ref>Kate Bornstein, ''My Gender Workbook.'' 1st ed. 1998, p. 106-107, 119, 130-131, 154, 248.</ref> | ||
* Kate Bornstein goes by these "ze, hir" pronouns. Leslie Feinberg asked to be called by "ze, hir" pronouns, along with "zie, hir" and "she."<ref>Minnie Bruce Pratt, "Transgender Pioneer and Stone Butch Blues Author Leslie Feinberg Has Died." ''Advocate.'' November 17, 2014. [http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/books/2014/11/17/transgender-pioneer-leslie-feinberg-stone-butch-blues-has-died http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/books/2014/11/17/transgender-pioneer-leslie-feinberg-stone-butch-blues-has-died]</ref> In a magazine interview from 2014, Gabriel Antonio and another anonymous person both asked to be called by these pronouns.<ref>Al Donato, "He And She, Ze And Xe: The Case For Gender-Neutral Pronouns." ''The Plaid Zebra.'' [http://www.theplaidzebra.com/ze-xe-case-gender-neutral-pronouns/ http://www.theplaidzebra.com/ze-xe-case-gender-neutral-pronouns/]</ref> | * Kate Bornstein goes by these "ze, hir" pronouns. Leslie Feinberg asked to be called by "ze, hir" pronouns, along with "zie, hir" and "she."<ref>Minnie Bruce Pratt, "Transgender Pioneer and Stone Butch Blues Author Leslie Feinberg Has Died." ''Advocate.'' November 17, 2014. [http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/books/2014/11/17/transgender-pioneer-leslie-feinberg-stone-butch-blues-has-died http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/books/2014/11/17/transgender-pioneer-leslie-feinberg-stone-butch-blues-has-died]</ref> In a magazine interview from 2014, Gabriel Antonio and another anonymous person both asked to be called by these pronouns.<ref>Al Donato, "He And She, Ze And Xe: The Case For Gender-Neutral Pronouns." ''The Plaid Zebra.'' [http://www.theplaidzebra.com/ze-xe-case-gender-neutral-pronouns/ http://www.theplaidzebra.com/ze-xe-case-gender-neutral-pronouns/]</ref> | ||
* In the | * In the 2019 Gender Census, 4.7% of participants said they would be happy for people to use ''"ze/hir/hir/hirs/hirself"'' to refer to them.<ref name="Census2018"/> | ||
'''Forms:''' | '''Forms:''' | ||
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'''Use for real nonbinary people:''' | '''Use for real nonbinary people:''' | ||
* In the | * In the 2019 Gender Census, 11 people (around 0.1%) said they'd be happy for people to use ''zie/zir'' (or some similar spelling) to refer to them.<ref name="Census2018"/> | ||
'''Forms:''' | '''Forms:''' | ||