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WCDT Strips 3631 to 3635 (11th to 15th December 2017
Welu:
They/them.
Puckish Rogue:
--- Quote from: Welu on 13 Dec 2017, 11:20 ---They/them.
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Tilly uses they/them pronouns and thats cool for her but when someone looks like a girl, acts like a girl, talks like a girl, has a girls name and dresses like a girl I'll call her she because I use he/she pronouns
blt:
QuesTillyonable Content.
Welu:
We've already had this discussion in the past two weeks of threads. There are nonbinary and trans people in this forum, you are disrespecting them as well when you refuse to honour a character's pronouns. Here's the post I made in a past thread summing up the issue.
--- Quote from: Welu on 06 Dec 2017, 12:59 ---
--- Quote from: TheBiscuit on 06 Dec 2017, 10:08 ---I had the same thought while writing my last post. I had to use 'they were' instead of 's/he was' , but it only made me pause for a second. The polite option is to use for a person those pronouns that for which they have stated a preference. Is it something to which a lot of us may be unaccustomed, but I don't find it so terrible. Merely unfamiliar.
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This is a good attitude.
As a they, which I feel the need to say again so people are reminded we're real people and not just a grammar connundrum to be solved, I can appreciate it is new to some and takes a bit of getting used to at first. Especially for people where English is not a first language for them.
However trying and messing up is a lot more appreciated than refusing outright, or saying we should come up with something "better". That incidentally ignores that trans and nonbinary people have already been having these discussions a long time. It's worth remembering that just because something is new to you does not mean that it is new.
This forum aims to be an inclusive space. That means we aim to be a little bit more compassionate and do a little more to make people feel welcome.
Someone telling you their pronouns is extending a level of vulnerability and trust. Turning around and saying you won't because you think you know better for whatever reason is patronising and can be so hurtful.
Moderator Comment In this space, they is a valid pronoun. As it should be everywhere but the rest of the world is still getting there. Don't tell people how to identify. Respect people's (and the characters') wishes and use the pronoun they tell you to use for them. It is that simple.
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TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Puckish Rogue on 13 Dec 2017, 12:50 ---
--- Quote from: Welu on 13 Dec 2017, 11:20 ---They/them.
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Tilly uses they/them pronouns and thats cool for her but when someone looks like a girl, acts like a girl, talks like a girl, has a girls name and dresses like a girl I'll call her she because I use he/she pronouns
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By that reasoning, one might call another person a dickwaffle because if they look like a dickwaffle, act like a dickwaffle and talks like a dickwaffle, they are a dickwaffle and thus should be referred to as such.
Of course, I wouldn't dare call someone a dickwaffle, because I would at least maintain a modicum of respect for them no matter what I might think or feel about them.
Its all about respect. Everyone deserves it, even if they don't necessarily act like it.
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