forestinei usually save these awareness days for yelling at cis people on my ig stories. like hey, you really want to do something for nonbinary people today? well...
so i've done my shouty posts. time for breakfast
here's one of today's posts:
when i learn a new set of pronouns for someone, i practice talking about them in my head. whether they are new pronouns to me like neopronouns i haven't used before, or i have gotten used to calling someone a certain pronoun, this takes PRACTICE.
so many well-meaning people assume that because they do not wish us harm that they will get the pronouns right. and they don’t practice at all. then they are devastated when they are told they have misgendered someone, and now it’s all about how sad they feel.
take some time to practice.
Cocaine Owlbear@forestine this is 100% what I try to do. People think it's going to be easy to remember, but think about how often you forget a person's name. I don't know about everyone else, but I've had to ask people's names more than once. Pronouns are not different.
Unless you practice, you will fuck it up. Bet on it. Practicing is the very least anyone trying to be an ally, or even just be a decent person, can do.
Unless you practice, you will fuck it up. Bet on it. Practicing is the very least anyone trying to be an ally, or even just be a decent person, can do.