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(Traditional grammar, and therefore grammarians, have chosen gender of pronouns to match the sex (which is physical) of the person rather than the gender (which is psychological and a matter of self-identification). So 'sex' is more accurate here.)
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* Deborah Rogers mentions having a trans male student who asked to be called by "they" pronouns.<ref> Deborah Rogers, "'They' has arrived at the pronoun party." December 4, 2014. ''Times Higher Education''. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/comment/opinion/they-has-arrived-at-the-pronoun-party/2017278.article#.VIHr5bJE0lk.facebook</ref>
* Deborah Rogers mentions having a trans male student who asked to be called by "they" pronouns.<ref> Deborah Rogers, "'They' has arrived at the pronoun party." December 4, 2014. ''Times Higher Education''. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/comment/opinion/they-has-arrived-at-the-pronoun-party/2017278.article#.VIHr5bJE0lk.facebook</ref>
* In the 2015 Nonbinary Stats survey, "singular they" was the most popular pronoun: 74% of the nonbinary respondents asked to be called by "they" (2159 out of 2901 responses).<ref>cassolotl, "Nonbinary Stats 2015 (worldwide) - the results." February 20, 2015. http://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/111585517125</ref>
* In the 2015 Nonbinary Stats survey, "singular they" was the most popular pronoun: 74% of the nonbinary respondents asked to be called by "they" (2159 out of 2901 responses).<ref>cassolotl, "Nonbinary Stats 2015 (worldwide) - the results." February 20, 2015. http://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/111585517125</ref>
* In the 2016 Nonbinary Stats survey, "singular they" got the highest number of people happy for others to refer to them using "they", 77%.<ref>cassolotl (Nonbinary Stats), "NB/GQ Survey 2016 - the worldwide results." March 2016. http://nonbinarystats.tumblr.com/post/141311159050/nbgq-survey-2016-the-worldwide-results</ref>
* In the 2016 Nonbinary Stats survey, "singular they" got the highest number of people happy for others to refer to them using "they", 77%.<ref>cassolotl (Nonbinary Stats), "NB/GQ Survey 2016 - the worldwide results." March 2016. http://gendercensus.tumblr.com/post/141311159050/nbgq-survey-2016-the-worldwide-results</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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