I’ve seen a few posts recently calling people out for using “they” when referring to someone with gendered or neo pronouns.

As a long time dumb guy I was under the impression that gender neutral pronouns were basically always acceptable and I’m now concerned that I have been unintentionally making people uncomfortable.

My current understanding based on context is that once someone has made their pronouns known, unless specifically included, ‘they’ is no longer acceptable. Thank you in advance for taking the time to help me out

  • kristina [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    22·
    11 months ago

    I do it for everyone, even cissies, because my brain is small but if you know someone personally or see their pronouns clearly displayed it’s transphobic to not use them and be adamant about it. If you say they/them and they correct you just say sorry correct it and keep going

    • somename [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      12·
      11 months ago

      Yeah a lot of times I fallback to they/them, because I’m lazy and a dum dum, but for people who have marked/known pronouns the effort should be made.