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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
One of my children’s teachers this year is Binary. They are a fantastic teacher with an even better reputation and my child adores Them.
I try my best to use the correct pronoun but my wife and kids would occasionally catch me earlier this year when I refer to Them as “she”, which I didn’t say disrespectfully by any stretch of the imagination but it definitely takes some time to adjust.
You rock, BTW.
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"They" should not be an allowed pronoun. Do you have to say things like "They isn't going to be going on the field trip", or "They doesn't assign homework on Friday"? That's a terrible way to teach grammar to children.
We should all go with "Zhe". It works universally and then there's no implied gender or lack thereof.
"What's Rain Man doing?" "Zhe's creating a poll."
"Is Halle Berry naked in that movie?" "Yes, zhe is and I like it."
"Is Elliott Page dating Michael Cera?" "No, zhe isn't. Zhe doesn't swing that way."
It makes all the sense in the world for society to switch to one gender-irrelevant pronoun.