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This is an OC I haven’t drawn in two years, before I had this DA account. Essentially, this is Ray, they’re aroace and definitely not cis.
You wouldn’t say, “I identify as he” or “I identify as she” either. You might, on the other hand, say “I identify as male” or “I identify as female.” In the same way, one might say “I identify as agender,” for example.
The notion that an individual must be either male or female is merely convention in our society; historical cultures have taken different views on gender identity, as have more than a few current ones. I won’t cover them all here for reasons of space, but you might consider researching ‘third gender’. Further reading on this subject falls under Dewey Decimal classification 306.768, if you want to check your local library.
tl;dr: It costs you literally nothing to address a person in the way they ask you to be. It’s a matter of respect for your fellow beings, and nothing more.
“They” is a pronoun, but it is used in the subjective case; “them” is the objective form of the word. (I admit that I had to search for that online) Although “they” is a pronoun, you had a logical explanation for your statement, so I am not going to criticize you.
@Background Pony #106E
I can understand why people do not like the idea of over two genders, but I also do not believe in antagonizing others who use them. At one time, I even had gender confusion myself, though not all alternate gender individuals are confused.
So yeah, I completely agree with your statement.
Edited
hell yeah thats my kink m8
Singular they is older than Chaucer. Learn English or get out.
i was pointing out the humor in the fact that you said it wasn’t a real pronoun
Exactly, which is why someone can’t say “I identify as they.”
“they isn’t a real pronoun”
someone failed basic english
it is a pronoun, it is used for plural groups of people and when you do not know one’s gender.
that’s not what it means
[also if ur joking pls ignore me im dumb and cant tell when people are joking sorry :“D]