GENDERQUEER AND NON-BINARY IDENTITIES

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The singular “they:” Selected readings

Canberra Society of Editors (2000). A singular use of they. Retrieved fromhttp://www.editorscanberra.org/a-singular-use-of-they/

Department of Justice Canada (2011). Singular “they.” Retrieved fromhttp://www.justice.gc.ca/fra/min-dept/pub/legis/n41.html

GLAAD (2010). GLAAD’s media reference guide: Transgender glossary of terms. Retrieved from http://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender

O’Conner, Patricia T. & Kellerman, Stewart (2009, July 21). All-purpose pronoun.New York Times. Retrieved fromhttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/magazine/26FOB-onlanguage-t.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1325653805-KCz4w3BshXQIjJ5NFlUzaA

Motivated Grammar (2009). Singular “they” and the many reasons why it’s correct. Available at: http://motivatedgrammar.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/singular-they-and-the-many-reasons-why-its-correct/

Oxford Dictionaries (n.d.). ‘He or she’ versus ‘they’. Available at:http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/he-or-she-versus-they

The Republic of Pemberley (n.d.). Jane Austen and other famous authors violate what everyone learned in their English class. Retrieved fromhttp://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/austheir.html

Tranifesto (2011). Trans etiquette for non-trans people. Retrieved fromhttp://tranifesto.com/transgender-faqs-and-info/trans-etiquette-for-non-trans-people/

Great resource!

In my trans* class I’m taking now, I noted that many of the students indicated singular they as a pronoun preference, either stand-alone or alongside other pronoun options such as he and she. A few in this group preferred ze/hir, switching between pronoun sets, or indicated that any pronoun was fine. They/them/theirs was also indicated as the most common pronoun preference in the recent genderqueer health survey I’d conducted. As someone who is increasingly indicating they/them/theirs as a pronoun set preference, I find these developments interesting.