Gender neutral titles: Difference between revisions

'''Mx''' is a title commonly used by [[genderqueer|non-binary people]] as well as those who do not wish their gender to be known,<ref name="Beyond the Binary: Question 23">{{cite web|url=http://cnlester.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/beyond-the-binary-question-twenty-three/|accessdate=8 November 2014|title=Beyond the Binary: Question Twenty-Three}}</ref> which was first written about in the 1970s.<ref name="SundayTimesDict">{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/article1551885.ece|title=Now pick Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms . . . or Mx for no specific gender|date=3 May 2015|publisher=The Sunday Times|accessdate=4 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11597192/Whats-it-like-to-be-a-Mx.html |title= What’s it like to be a Mx? |author= Olivia Goldhill |work= The Telegraph |date= 11 May 2015 |accessdate= 1 January 2016}}</ref> [[Nat Titman]] spoke about its usage and brought it into popular acceptance.<ref name="mxcreation"></ref> Among all other gender neutral titles, Mx is the most commonly used one,<ref name="NBGQsurvey2016">{{cite web|title=NB/GQ Survey 2016 - the worldwide results|url=http://nonbinarystats.tumblr.com/post/141311159050/nbgq-survey-2016-the-worldwide-results|website=Nonbinary Stats|accessdate=4 April 2016}}</ref> and is accepted by government and other organisations throughout the UK.<ref>http://uktrans.info/attachments/article/249/mxevidencelowres.pdf</ref>

The "x" is intended to stand as a wildcard character, and does not imply a "mixed" gender.<ref name="mxcreation">{{cite news |url= http://practicalandrogyny.com/2014/08/28/when-was-the-mx-gender-inclusive-title-created/ |title= When was the Mx gender-inclusive title created? |author= Nat Titman |work= Practical Androgyny |date= 28 August 2014 |accessdate= 4 April 2016}}</ref> "Mx" is usually pronounced "mix" or with a schwa, "məx".<ref name="mxpronunciation">{{cite web|title=On the pronunciation of Mx|url=http://nonbinarystats.tumblr.com/post/143382802540/on-the-pronunciation-of-mx|website=Nonbinary Stats|accessdate=29 January 2017}}</ref>