Gender Pronouns

[Found on EverydayFeminism]

"Binary trans people, in general, don’t feel terribly different about their gender than a cisgender person would about theirs, particularly those who are perceived (via bodily sex and expression)to be congruent with their gender.

People who are perceived this way experience society through the same lens as a cisgender person, which is one of the reasons that it is appropriate to allow binary trans people to exist in spaces designed for their gender."

"Pronouns for genderqueer folks, like the rest of my descriptions about them, are difficult to describe concisely due to the inherent diversity in the demographic, but some generally preferred pronoun sets include gender neutral pronouns, such as “they/them/theirs” or “xe/hir/hirs,” rolling pronouns (which involves changing the persons pronoun each time that one comes up in a sentence – for example, “She went to the store, and on the way there he ran into an old friend who asked hir how they were doing”), or not having a preference toward any pronoun in particular.

Like with every person, though, even if they appear cisgender, it is always in best taste to ask what pronoun the person uses instead of assuming."

Once again I'm leaning more towards creating an information booklet for children based on gender. I still want it to be interactive, but I obviously need to make sure I get the correct information on the importance of pronouns in gender identity. As a cisgender female, I've never really given pronouns a second thought, but obviously when a person identifies as transgender, you refer to them with a different pronoun. There are more gender identities than cis or trans however, but we only have two sets of gender specific pronouns! (he/she). I had never considered that some people would using rolling pronouns (where you switch between he, she, they) and I think it's quite an important bit of info for my publication.