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Why do LGBTQ+ people care about pronouns so much?

Posted onJanuary 8, 2017September 15, 2019AuthorPFLAG Annapolis/Anne Arundel County

Why do LGBTQ+ people care about pronouns so much?

For more insight and understanding. please review these articles:

“Gender Pronouns,” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee LGBT Resource Center.
“Beyond ‘he’ and ‘she’: The rise of non-binary pronouns,” BBC
“‘Ze’ or ‘They’? A Guide to Using Gender-Neutral Pronouns,” The Atlantic Citylab
It’s OK To Use “They” To Describe One Person: Here’s Why

Tags: Gender Identity, Pronouns

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