This is something I’ve noticed a lot among well-intentioned people who aren’t trans themselves. When talking about a trans person, especially in the context of talking about them before and after transitioning, they’ll use they/them instead of she/her or he/him, as the trans person in question goes by.
It always kind of rubs me the wrong way, because like, unless they want to go by they/them, it’s still misgendering, right?
But I also always kinda feel awkward correcting the speaker on someone else’s behalf, because maybe they do go by she/they or they/he, and I just don’t know. But it feels way more common that it’s someone who doesn’t feel comfortable using she/her for a trans woman, for example.
I don’t know. Am I overthinking this? How do y’all handle situations like that?
uguguhguhguhguh here for randoms is used widely as plural formal pronouns, referring unknown person unformal is basically insulting, i hate when adults due non-formal pronous to kids because they dominating, love ppl which still using formal pronouns for kids
but my mom often forcibly using they/them or more proper “они/их/-ли”, i tired of this i AM GIRL i need she/her and cute words, overall she a very toxic personality which doesnt cute at all, and hard to handle, especially for awwtistic me