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I can't speak to using "Latinx" or land acknowledgements, but myself and other non-cishet people I know appreciate the normalization of adding pronouns to names
by greyivy 5y ago
I can't speak to using "Latinx" or land acknowledgements, but myself and other non-cishet people I know appreciate the normalization of adding pronouns to names/bios by all kinds of people because it helps us feel a lot less othered. I hate being the only one in a Zoom call with my pronouns in my name.
That being said, I know cishet people more often than not do it to signal, but intentions aside, I think it's helpful and I only hope it becomes more common. I'd say about a quarter of my organization does it on Zoom, with almost all of us doing it on Mattermost. It's nice.
- inter_netuser 5y agowhats the percentage of non-cishet in your organization?
- greyivy 5y ago~5% is my best guess.
- 908B64B197 5y agoThere's a hidden benefit as well: ambiguous names. Like Taylor for instance.
- Asraelite 5y agoI understand the utility of communicating what pronouns to use, but what I don't understand is why people list multiple forms instead of just one. If you say "they", the "them" and "their" are implied already etc.
- NylaTheWolf 5y agoI guess because it rolls off the tongue better?