Pronouns: Difference between revisions
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Some nonbinary people ask to be called by gender-neutral pronouns. Other non-binary people ask to be called by "he" or "she" pronouns, some of whom see that as a gender-neutral use of those words. The use of binary pronouns doesn't necessarily mean that someone has a binary gender identity. Some nonbinary people have more than one set of pronouns that they are okay with people using for them. | Some nonbinary people ask to be called by gender-neutral pronouns. Other non-binary people ask to be called by "he" or "she" pronouns, some of whom see that as a gender-neutral use of those words. The use of binary pronouns doesn't necessarily mean that someone has a binary gender identity. Some nonbinary people have more than one set of pronouns that they are okay with people using for them. | ||
'''He.''' Some specific non-binary people who ask to be called by "[[he/him]]" pronouns include | '''He.''' Some specific non-binary people who ask to be called by "[[he/him]]" pronouns include writer [[Richard O'Brien]]. | ||
'''She.''' Non-binary gender people who ask people to use "[[she/her]]" pronouns for them include public speaker [[Olave Basabose]], internet personality [[Left at London]], musician [[JD Samson]], activist [[Kate Bornstein]] (who also goes by "they")<ref>{{cite tweet|author=[[Kate Bornstein]]|title=Thanks for asking, @msmacb. I like they/them. She/her are also okay—makes me smile. xox|date=2016-01-26|user=katebornstein|number=692135982716575745}}</ref>. | '''She.''' Non-binary gender people who ask people to use "[[she/her]]" pronouns for them include public speaker [[Olave Basabose]], internet personality [[Left at London]], musician [[JD Samson]], activist [[Kate Bornstein]] (who also goes by "they")<ref>{{cite tweet|author=[[Kate Bornstein]]|title=Thanks for asking, @msmacb. I like they/them. She/her are also okay—makes me smile. xox|date=2016-01-26|user=katebornstein|number=692135982716575745}}</ref> and comedian [[Eddie Izzard]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/dec/21/eddie-izzard-to-use-female-pronouns-she-and-her|title=Eddie Izzard to use the pronouns 'she' and 'her'|date=2020-12-21|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2021-02-10}}</ref>. | ||
'''They.''' Some nonbinary people ask to be called by "singular they" pronouns, including comedian [[Jes Tom]], writer [[Ivan E. Coyote]], actor [[Jiz Lee]], writer [[R.B. Lemberg]], singer-songwriter [[Rae Spoon]], and musician [[Stevie Knipe]]. | '''They.''' Some nonbinary people ask to be called by "singular they" pronouns, including comedian [[Jes Tom]], writer [[Ivan E. Coyote]], actor [[Jiz Lee]], writer [[R.B. Lemberg]], singer-songwriter [[Rae Spoon]], performance poet Kae Tempest<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/06/kate-tempest-announces-they-are-non-binary-changes-name-to-kae|title=Kate Tempest announces they are non-binary, changes name to Kae|date=2020-08-06|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2021-02-10}}</ref> and musician [[Stevie Knipe]]. | ||
'''Other pronouns.''' Nonbinary people who go by other pronouns include singer Mx [[Justin Vivian Bond]], who goes by [[Pronouns#V|v]] pronouns. "[[Pronouns#Ze|Ze]], hir" pronouns are the preferred pronouns of revolutionary communist [[Leslie Feinberg]] (who also went by 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</ref>. | '''Other pronouns.''' Nonbinary people who go by other pronouns include singer Mx [[Justin Vivian Bond]], who goes by [[Pronouns#V|v]] pronouns. "[[Pronouns#Ze|Ze]], hir" pronouns are the preferred pronouns of revolutionary communist [[Leslie Feinberg]] (who also went by 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</ref>. | ||