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# They/them (79.5%) | |||
# Xe/xem (7.2%) | |||
# E/em (5.2%) | |||
# Ze/hir (4.7%) | |||
# It/its (4.4%) | |||
# Fae/faer (4.3%) | |||
Data provided by the 2019 Gender Census.<ref name="Census2018"/> | |||
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'''English neutral pronouns''' are useful not only when writing documents that need to use inclusive language, but also for any [[nonbinary]] people who prefer not to have their pronouns imply that they are female or male. As shown in surveys, many nonbinary people are okay with being called "he" or "she," but there are also many nonbinary people who don't want to be called either of these. The surveys show that the most popular gender-neutral pronoun for nonbinary people is [[singular they]], but nearly as many prefer or accept some other neutral pronoun. See examples of this in [[Pronouns#Examples_of_specific_nonbinary_people.27s_pronouns|pronouns in use for nonbinary people]]. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||