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But what if he's had them removed? Surely if you don't want to be a him or a her you have to be an it. They or them implies 2 or more and he/it is only one.Context. We do know his gender, he has nads.
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But what if he's had them removed? Surely if you don't want to be a him or a her you have to be an it. They or them implies 2 or more and he/it is only one.Context. We do know his gender, he has nads.
Maybe that has to change like 'gay'. What is really needed is a new word not change the meaning of existing words. How about noman as in man woman noman, he she ne ?But "it"is typically used to refer to objects or non human animals so could be deemed offensive.
...and? Next year it'll be 2020.
His comment sounded very old fashioned. There are many people nowadays who identify as non gender or fluid gender.
I personally think there is a bit of a brand wagon going on with gender identity at the mo. Everyone wants in like pogs in the mid-90s. However, for some people, I feel a fraction of those with their pants/panties/non-gender specifc shreddies in a bunch, it is a very real and important concept. I'm happy to call people what every they want to be called, but suggest that they for an individual sounds retarded.
You, me and I. We all have our own pronouns.People who want their own pronouns
I personally think there is a bit of a brand wagon going on with gender identity at the mo. Everyone wants in like pogs in the mid-90s. However, for some people, I feel a fraction of those with their pants/panties/non-gender specifc shreddies in a bunch, it is a very real and important concept. I'm happy to call people what every they want to be called, but suggest that they for an individual sounds retarded.
Speaking at London's first ever Trans Pride event, Aisha Brown, 37, welcomed Smith's announcement, saying: "We definitely need more non-binary people in the public space, being visibly non-binary.
"People have incredibly diverse experiences of being non-binary and transgender, but it's a very wide community and we welcome everyone."
Jake Gallagher, 27, says it is "great" Smith has come out as non-binary, adding: "The more people in the mainstream that come out as trans or non-binary is just going to help, especially someone like Sam, who has got a large platform.
"For him to spread the message is very important, it will get to a lot of people in small towns and villages outside of London."
Defo sounds like something that should be front page news, seriously who even cares?
Is there more than one of him? They/them is plural.
Something I don't understand and I am probably missing something really obvious, is that how someone can look at another gender and say "I feel like I'm supposed to be that gender" or like Sam Smith says "I am neither of these". How do they know what another gender feels like to know they should be like that when they have been in their body their whole lives? I get it may be to do with how they grow up. Seeing boys plays with trains, girl with dolls type thing, but then that surely is learned behaviour and not innate in their minds and not "I have always been an X and was born into the wrong body".
Possibly going to get destroyed for this comment, but my question is genuine and not intended to be offensive in any way at all.