My pronouns are xe/xem, ey/em, they/them, or any pronoun (yes you can call me she, it, ze, ki, or whatever you like, I won’t be offended). I’m just letting you know what I would like to be addressed as. I understand this might be new, weird, confusing to some. Luckily there’s this great resource pronouns.page to help you figure this out. Here are some of their answers to questions you might have (be sure to check out the pronouns.page FAQ if you have any other questions):
Why do you have so many pronouns?
I change my pronouns depending on how I feel, I am genderflux (and genderqueer, and genderfluid, and nonbinary) which means my gender identity is not fixed and it changes from day to day. My pronouns also change according to how I feel, but you cannot go wrong with good old they/them and as I explained above I am fine with any pronoun.
Why should I respect some strange pronouns?
Because addressing people in the way they want to be addressed is the basis of social relations. You wouldn’t call Ashley “Samantha”, you wouldn’t drop “sir”/“madam” when addressing your supervisor, etc. And there’s people who don’t want to be called either “he” or “she”. If you don’t accept that, it only shows you in bad light.
“Strange pronouns” are just a matter of getting used to.
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