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Sam Smith comes out as non-binary, using they/them pronouns. -- (link)

Posted by Tim (aka othertim) Sep 14 '19, 11:23

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https://twitter.com/samsmith/status/1172519872464662530?s=21 (twitter.com)

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That’s going to go well on Twitter for them. Also: Fuck that part of Twitter. -- nm - Qale Sep 14, 12:54 3
- Oh yeah, half the replies are supportive, the other half are...not. -- nm - Tim Sep 14, 13:33 1
  - "how could I possibly understand the complications of this ... one... request?!" -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 13:53
- Fuck that part of twitter, indeed. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Sep 14, 13:27
More like a Derivative -- nm - budice Sep 14, 11:36 1
- or maybe an integral -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 14, 13:18
I like to think I’m pretty forward thinking and yet I don’t really understand, in practical terms, what this means. - Volnelk Sep 14, 11:30 17
- In a practical sense, using the requested pronouns shows respect. In much the same as you might bristle if someone misgendered you in conversation. - TWuG Sep 14, 12:05 7
  - we've been selling this little graphic novel for a few months now... They/Them Pronouns.... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 14, 13:16
  - And even if you get it wrong and make mistakes after being told, you’ll still be fine. People know when you’re doing it wrong as a pejorative. -- nm - Qale Sep 14, 12:56 2
    - I don't think I had the opportunity to get pronouns wrong yet, but I really stress out about getting it wrong when I have. - Marlowe Sep 14, 14:01 1
      - I’m sure you could run into the one trans or gender fluid person who is going to lose their minds. - Qale Sep 14, 15:55
  - The new one for me is the honorific Mx. (pronounced “mix”) -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Sep 14, 12:13 2
    - Sure thing, chief. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 14, 13:01 1
      - That was another suggestion. :) -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Sep 14, 13:14
- That is correct. They/Them has always been acceptable as a singular pronoun. -- nm - Tim Sep 14, 11:37 4
  - Here's a good article. -- (link) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 14, 12:10 1
    - Interesting. Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Sep 14, 12:14
  - Always? I've only ever used it to mean more than one thing. It's still very odd to me to use it to mean a singular person. -- nm - Krusty Sep 14, 11:40 1
    - It goes back a few hundred years in written form, IIRC, but overall prevalence varies by culture, I think. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 11:47
- The response in your im is exactly correct. -- nm* - Super Daddy Princess Sep 14, 11:32 3
  - Yep, or "I really like their work", or "I have no idea who them is." -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 11:35 2
    - I don’t know them. -- nm - Qale Sep 14, 12:55
    - ... that last one is not grammatically correct. I think it should be "they are", at least as a marginal improvement. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 11:36

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