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The funniest thing of the whole "thou shalt list your pronouns" thing is that the actual trans folks I've talked to tend to be opposed to those policies. It paints them into a corner - either state that you want to be misgendered, or out yourself as trans.

Mandatory pronouns are a pure shibboleth in the culture war. Trans activists don't want it. Anti-trans activists don't want it. The only people who want mandatory pronouns are the folks wanting a cheap signal for how much of an ally they are and an easy way to identify and ostracize people who aren't in-line with their politics.



"It paints them into a corner - either state that you want to be misgendered, or out yourself as trans." Huh? What do you mean? How would not listing pronouns help?


What if they don't know their pronouns yet (gender neutral/fluid) or don't want to list them because they don't want to come out yet?




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