Pronouns and gender are different. Because they/them pronouns are not gendered, you may safely assume that a person who uses them doesn't want to be referred to by gendered pronouns. You can't really assume anything else about the person's gender, though. That's because there are many reasons why a person might be best suited with non-gendered pron...... reply
yea u def exist online you sound like an actual npc regurgitating these opinions cause u watched one sneako video. n my guy no normal lgbtq person doing some corny shit like that irl past the age of 18. everyone using this dumbass point literally has no friends that are gay and only see the ones online saying this slow ass shit and act like every g...... 4 reply
I'll never understand why people think that being part of the lgbtq community excuses them from being transphobic (especially when they're cis) 4 reply
"they" has been used as a singular pronoun since the 14th century. whenever the gender of a person was unknown or didn't want to be revealed, they'd use "THEY"
"A student left behind their backpack"
"Someone forgot their umbrella"
"After chatting online for a few minutes, I let them know I wasn’t interested"
It's the same thing about non bina...... 2 reply
I've never seen the community as a whole purposefully offend people, I've hardly seen a singular person from the community purposefully offend people. And everyone has the right to demand respect. Imagine if someone referred to you by a rude nickname all the time and never used your name. Would you not be upset and want them to respect you by calli...... reply
To my understanding, people can use they/them for a variety of reasons (they do not identify with either gender or identify with both, etc.). It's dangerous to characterise the LGBTQ+ community as forceful, sensitive, and hateful because, for example, those instances of someone screaming at another person for not using their pronouns as you see cir...... 2 reply
First of all, they/them pronouns were always also used as a singular, like when you talking about a person without using their gender, talking about a hypothetical person and what not. It's really nor that hard to just use it, you've already probably been doing it every day (if you speak english). Second, no, it's not against anyone's morals or bel...... reply
