🌈Happy Pride Month🏳️‍🌈Celebrating Diversity and Love with Pride - Page 12

Happy Pride to everyone! DelusionsOfNeha, thank you for your hard work on this thread, and congratulations on attending your first Pride Parade. I've marched in several, in different parts of the world, and at most of them, I've volunteered to collect signatures in support of diversity.

Without denying the history of the word "homosexual," I think this word should be reclaimed on equal footing with "heterosexual" and "bisexual/pansexual" and "asexual" because these are all comparable natural variations. The word "gay" originated in prostitution, and "queer" implies that minority sexualities are exotic behaviours, so it's good to have a scientific word that recognizes orientation, not behaviour. It shouldn't be more controversial than any other scientific terminology with Greek prefixes like homologous/heterologous, homozygote/heterozygote, homogametic/heterogametic, homothallic/heterothallic, homopolymer/heteropolymer, homogeneous/heterogeneous, homoscedastic/heteroscedastic etc. I use "homosexual" in my fan fiction without apology.

As for pronouns, I prefer to reserve "they" for plural, and since the neuter singular "it" may sound disrespectful, there should just be a unique singular pronoun (some use "xe") for everyone who feels excluded by "he/she/it." Not everyone speaks or will speak English, anyway. Someday, when we all have to speak Mandarin Chinese, the third person singular "tā" and plural "tāmēn" will sound the same for all genders.

Happy Pride to everyone! DelusionsOfNeha, thank you for your hard work on this thread, and congratulations on attending your first Pride Parade. I've marched in several, in different parts of the world, and at most of them, I've volunteered to collect signatures in support of diversity.

Happy Pride! That sounds amazing!❤️

Without denying the history of the word "homosexual," I think this word should be reclaimed on equal footing with "heterosexual" and "bisexual/pansexual" and "asexual" because these are all comparable natural variations. The word "gay" originated in prostitution, and "queer" implies that minority sexualities are exotic behaviours, so it's good to have a scientific word that recognizes orientation, not behaviour. It shouldn't be more controversial than any other scientific terminology with Greek prefixes like homologous/heterologous, homozygote/heterozygote, homogametic/heterogametic, homothallic/heterothallic, homopolymer/heteropolymer, homogeneous/heterogeneous, homoscedastic/heteroscedastic etc. I use "homosexual" in my fan fiction without apology.

The word "Homosexual" has been reclaimed by some extent but "straight" people still use it in derogatory manner and that usage should be stopped. I was refraining from making this analogy but the way non-Black people should refrain from using the N word due to its racist, oppressive connotations; straight people should refrain from using "homosexual" in derogatory or any other manner.

Us (my Gay friends) use "'sup homo?" as a joke and on regular basis but my straight friends don't get to make that joke.

As for pronouns, I prefer to reserve "they" for plural, and since the neuter singular "it" may sound disrespectful, there should just be a unique singular pronoun (some use "xe") for everyone who feels excluded by "he/she/it." Not everyone speaks or will speak English, anyway. Someday, when we all have to speak Mandarin Chinese, the third person singular "tā" and plural "tāmēn" will sound the same for all genders.

Someone lost their wallet. Someone parked their car in middle of the road.

Singular usage of "they/them" pronouns. These pronouns are used in both singular and plural form and that's a rule. It may need some unlearning and relearning but you gotta do it.

Different people like to use different pronouns, we should be respectful about it and not misgender them nor use incorrect pronouns.

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CeiZB3GOkGI/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd_HPzUJWDa/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Hope these help. 👍🏼

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Originally posted by: DelusionsOfNeha

Someone lost their wallet. Someone parked their car in middle of the road.

Singular usage of "they/them" pronouns. These pronouns are used in both singular and plural form and that's a rule. It may need some unlearning and relearning but you gotta do it.

Different people like to use different pronouns, we should be respectful about it and not misgender them nor use incorrect pronouns.

Someone lost a wallet. Someone parked a car in the middle of the road. Just as misgendering offences can be avoided if you just pay attention to the way you speak, so can incorrect grammar. For me, singular use of "they/their/them" is incorrect grammar. For you, it's not. You and I speak/write different dialects of English. If authorities recognize your dialect as standard nowadays, enjoy your victory. But I like my English the way it is, and if my choice to use your name instead of a plural pronoun makes you uncomfortable, don't expect me to sacrifice my comfort for yours. How we coexist is up to all of us, not excluding me.

Plenty of members on India Forums assume that I am a "she" or even a "girl" because most of you are women, although I'm a man. It doesn't hurt my feelings and it's not important to me to correct everyone. In person, I belong to a group in which I'm the only man, and naturally, the discussions refer to us with feminine words exclusively. I don't feel less visible. Although I understand why some people want their pronouns known, I honestly don't care what gender you use for me, but I'm not "they/them."

Kindly don't tell me what I "gotta" do. Nobody forces me to respect people; I'm proud to do it by conscious choice and voluntary effort. I will try not to misgender anyone, and for me that means not using "they" to refer to the majority of individuals who don't identify with that pronoun.

idaṃ tu rūpaṃ mama yena kiṃ nu tat

prakīrtayitvā bhṛśa-śoka-vardhanam

Bṛhannaḍāṃ vai nara-deva viddhi māṃ

sutaṃ sutāṃ vā pitṛ-mātṛ-varjitām

By this, my look - and what good is it

To explain it, augmenting my intense pain?

Know me as Bṛhannaḍā, Lord of Men!

Either a son, or a daughter, excluded by father and mother.

(Mahābhārata, Virāṭaparvan 10.9)

Happy Pride to everyone🌈

I always wondered about neo-pronouns 😊 what exactly are they and when are they used?

https://twitter.com/tekaldas/status/1536315419753164800?s=20&t=kWdcd--FF0TNOOkLgvZoSA

Originally posted by: simply.meghana

I always wondered about neo-pronouns 😊 what exactly are they and when are they used?

Beautiful question! *When in doubt, always ask the person*

The term 'neopronoun' emerged in the 2010s.

Neopronouns are a category of new (neo) pronouns that are increasingly used in place of “she,” “he,” or “they” when referring to a person. Some examples include: xe/xem/xyr, ze/hir/hirs, and ey/em/eir. Neopronouns can be used by anyone, though most often they are used by transgender, non-binary, and/or gender nonconforming people.

Pronouns are words that a person may use to identify themselves instead of their name. For example, she/her/hers and he/him/his are typically feminine and masculine pronouns, respectively. However, some feel more comfortable with gender-neutral pronouns. The most common gender-neutral pronouns are they/them/theirs, used in the singular to refer to an individual in a way that isn’t gendered. Some people will use more than one set of pronouns, and you are encouraged to alternate among them in conversation.

The singular they, a popular non-binary pronoun today, emerged in the 14th-century poem William and the Werewolf, but newer pronouns were not coined until much later.

'Ze' as a gender-neutral English pronoun dates back to at least 1864. In 1911, an insurance broker named Fred Pond invented the pronoun set 'he'er, his'er and him'er', which the superintendent of the Chicago public-school system proposed for adoption by the school system in 1912, sparking a national debate in the US, with 'heer' being added to the Funk & Wagnalls dictionary in 1913. The Sacramento Bee used the gender-neutral 'hir' for 25 years from the 1920s to the 1940s. In 1970, Mary Orovan invented the pronoun 'co/coself', which gained use in a cooperative community in Virginia called the Twin Oaks Community, where it was still in use as of 2011.[10] In 1996, Kate Bornstein used the pronouns 'ze/hir' to refer to a character in their novel Nearly Roadkill.The Oxford English Dictionary added an entry for 'ze' in 2018 and entries for 'hir' and 'zir' in 2019.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYhMBunrSRs/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZLLw2wqNHB/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Here's a small video that will help you understand the pronouns better.

https://youtu.be/avQkZyUgaF4

https://youtu.be/3U_BBpiKsDA

Originally posted by: BubbleTea

https://twitter.com/tekaldas/status/1536315419753164800?s=20&t=kWdcd--FF0TNOOkLgvZoSA

Rest in Power, Rest in Pride Sarah 🏳️‍🌈🌈🏳️‍🌈

Originally posted by: DelusionsOfNeha

Beautiful question! *When in doubt, always ask the person*

The term 'neopronoun' emerged in the 2010s.

Neopronouns are a category of new (neo) pronouns that are increasingly used in place of “she,” “he,” or “they” when referring to a person. Some examples include: xe/xem/xyr, ze/hir/hirs, and ey/em/eir. Neopronouns can be used by anyone, though most often they are used by transgender, non-binary, and/or gender nonconforming people.

Pronouns are words that a person may use to identify themselves instead of their name. For example, she/her/hers and he/him/his are typically feminine and masculine pronouns, respectively. However, some feel more comfortable with gender-neutral pronouns. The most common gender-neutral pronouns are they/them/theirs, used in the singular to refer to an individual in a way that isn’t gendered. Some people will use more than one set of pronouns, and you are encouraged to alternate among them in conversation.

The singular they, a popular non-binary pronoun today, emerged in the 14th-century poem William and the Werewolf, but newer pronouns were not coined until much later.

'Ze' as a gender-neutral English pronoun dates back to at least 1864. In 1911, an insurance broker named Fred Pond invented the pronoun set 'he'er, his'er and him'er', which the superintendent of the Chicago public-school system proposed for adoption by the school system in 1912, sparking a national debate in the US, with 'heer' being added to the Funk & Wagnalls dictionary in 1913. The Sacramento Bee used the gender-neutral 'hir' for 25 years from the 1920s to the 1940s. In 1970, Mary Orovan invented the pronoun 'co/coself', which gained use in a cooperative community in Virginia called the Twin Oaks Community, where it was still in use as of 2011.[10] In 1996, Kate Bornstein used the pronouns 'ze/hir' to refer to a character in their novel Nearly Roadkill.The Oxford English Dictionary added an entry for 'ze' in 2018 and entries for 'hir' and 'zir' in 2019.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYhMBunrSRs/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZLLw2wqNHB/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Here's a small video that will help you understand the pronouns better.

https://youtu.be/avQkZyUgaF4

https://youtu.be/3U_BBpiKsDA