Pronouns: a how-to guide!

The below is actually a handout in a university Student Affairs office:


This pronoun list is not all inclusive. It is good practice to ask which pronouns a person uses & to share the pronouns that you use, as well.

e/ey            em            eir              eirs            eirself
he               him           his             his             himself
[name]       [name]      [name]'s    [name]'s    [name]'s self
per              per            pers           pers           perself
she              her            her            hers           herself
ze                hir            hir             hirs            hirself
they             them        their          theirs         themself [ha!]
zie               zim          zir             zirs             zirself
 

• Instead of asking what pronouns someone "prefers" just ask them what pronouns they use.
• Just say the pronouns you use (e.g. he, him, his or ze, hir, hir) instead of saying that you use "masculine" pronouns or "feminine" pronouns, because that means different things to different people.
• Don't challenge people's pronouns, or ask them why they use them. [For god's sake, no "Emperor has no clothes" moment!]
• If this is unfamiliar to you, practice, practice, practice! [Until you, too, are well-versed in attempted idiotic group-think from Academia.]

[Political candidate note: Pete Buttigieg actually puts "he/him" on his Twitter page description, as does AOC, et al., in deference to the above stupidity. I actually liked him prior to seeing that. As for me, this bisexual feminist is planning on coming out as straight---I want nothing to do with the above Orwellian mangling of the English language.]