More college hilarity...
"" Inclusive Practice:
Pronoun Usage
August 26, 2015 Inclusive Practice
Donna Braquet, gender expression, gender
identity, gender-neutral, inclusion, Inclusive
Practice, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, Pride
Center, pronouns
By Donna Braquet, Director of the Pride
Center
With the new semester beginning and an influx
of new students on campus, it is important to
participate in making our campus welcoming
and inclusive for all. One way to do that is to
use a student’s chosen name and their correct
pronouns.
We should not assume someone’s gender by
their appearance, nor by what is listed on a
roster or in student information systems.
Transgender people and people who do not
identity within the gender binary may use a
different name than their legal name and
pronouns of their gender identity, rather than
the pronouns of the sex they were assigned at
birth.
Introductions
In the first weeks of classes, instead of calling
roll, ask everyone to provide their name and
pronouns. This ensures you are not singling
out transgender or non-binary students. The
name a student uses may not be the one on
the official roster, and the roster name may
not be the same gender as the one the
student now uses.
This practice works outside of the classroom
as well. You can start meetings with
requesting introductions that include names
and pronouns, introduce yourself with your
name and chosen pronouns, or when providing
nametags, ask attendees to write in their name
and pronouns.
Gender-neutral pronouns
We are familiar with the singular pronouns
she, her, hers and he, him, his, but those are
not the only singular pronouns. In fact, there
are dozens of gender-neutral pronouns.
A few of the most common singular gender-
neutral pronouns are they, them , their (used
as singular), ze, hir, hirs, and xe, xem, xyr .
These may sound a little funny at first, but
only because they are new. The she and he
pronouns would sound strange too if we had
been taught ze when growing up.
How do you know?
How do you know what pronoun someone
uses? If you cannot use the methods
mentioned above, you can always politely ask.
“Oh, nice to meet you, [insert name]. What
pronouns should I use?” is a perfectly fine
question to ask.
The more we make sharing of pronouns a
universal practice, the more inclusive we will
be as a campus. When our organizational
culture shifts to where asking for
chosen names and pronouns is the standard
practice, it alleviates a heavy burden for
persons already marginalized by their gender
expression or identity.""
http://diversity.utk.edu/2015/08/pronouns/
Kinda like those idiot college kids the thread is about so at least they can say they're on topic. Guess that's just a symptom of their "I'm a victim" ideology though.
