![]() Neopronouns are used in place of she, he or they when referring to a person. One day on Zoom: “Yixuan has their hand up.”Īnd on a different day in a tutorial: “Yixuan said he just needed to go to the bathroom.” Normally, you would use the same pronoun type in the same exchange, so that people in the conversation know who you are talking about. Some people may ask that you use a combination of pronouns, such as ‘ she/they’ or ‘ they/he’ – this means that this person is comfortable being referred to using more than one type of pronoun, and that they would like people to use a mix when referring to them. “Jamie says that they wanted to come to the meeting, but their calendar was just too busy today.” ![]() Gender-neutral pronouns are typically used by gender diverse and non-binary identifying people but can be used by anyone. These are pronouns that do not imply a gender such as man or woman. ‘ They, them, theirs‘ are common gender-neutral pronouns. “Asish told me that he and his partner are on leave during semester break.” Both can be used by people who do not identify as either man or woman. ‘She’ is typically used by women-identifying or femme-aligned people and ‘he’ is typically used by men-identifying or masc-aligned people. ‘ She/her/hers’ and ‘ He/him/his’ are gendered pronouns. If you are unsure of what pronouns someone uses, you can politely ask, or check if they are in the person’s email signature or Zoom profile name. We cannot always know a person’s pronouns by looking at them. ![]() Pronouns like she, he and they specifically refer to the people that you are talking about. Pronouns are words that are used to refer to either the people talking (I, or you) or someone/something that is being talked about (she, he, they, it or this).
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