Edit: Don’t just downvote and run away, make your liberalism known. If you have an issue with either of these, please let them be known in the comments. C'mon, let's duke it out. :)

For the libs shouting "but muh anonymity", you should have zero issue using the "any pronoun" tag as you will be addressed with any pronouns regardless of whether or not you have it set. The point of having them sitewide is for everyone to use them to normalize explicitly stating one's pronouns as a means of not forcing trans people to request to be addressed with basic respect. The amount of pushback on a meaningful step toward trans inclusivity in this community is pretty fucking disheartening, not gonna lie.

Folks seem to be using the NSFW tag for the spoiler effect on memes, and while it's a funny use of it, it's causing the intended use of the NSFW tag to lose its value. This isn't r/WatchPeopleDie. Personally, I was exposed to that sort of content at a younger age and am desensitized to it now, but not everyone is like me in that regard and I'm probably more fucked up than I like to think for having been as exposed to it as I was. We currently don't have another way of tagging content, so please be considerate and put "[NSFL]" or content warnings in the title so people know they'll be looking at some heavy shit. Not a lot to ask. Please do not start ironically putting "[NSFL]" or other content warnings in the post title. You're more creative than that, I promise.

      • Sarcasm24 [none/use name]
        30·
        4 years ago

        Its cringe to me, like saying comrade unironically. If trans/non-binary people want to set their pronouns then obviously i'm all for that, and if cis ppl want to set their pronouns in solidarity then that's their prerogative. But I'm a cishet man who IRL is never going to be taken as anything other than that, so me personally doing it would feel like im pretending to have a problem that trans/nb people actually do have, which is a fucked up thing to do.

        • TransComrade69 [she/her,ze/hir]
          2·
          4 years ago

          Its cringe to me, like saying comrade unironically.

          If trans/non-binary people want to set their pronouns then obviously i’m all for that, and if cis ppl want to set their pronouns in solidarity then that’s their prerogative

          Having solidarity with trans people is cringe and it's up to cis people to decide if they want to support you dirty transgendereds in even the slightest, most trivial way possible, lmfao. :agony-yehaw:

          But I’m a cishet man who IRL is never going to be taken as anything other than that, so me personally doing it would feel like im pretending to have a problem that trans/nb people actually do have, which is a fucked up thing to do.

          Just gonna Frankenstein other comments and say again, it's not for you. The point of having them sitewide is for everyone to use them to normalize explicitly stating one’s pronouns as a means of not forcing trans people to request to be addressed with basic respect.

          I don’t know about you but if I meet someone out in the wild, I ask if they have preferred pronouns. No one owes anyone a certain gendered presentation to indicate how they might identify and it's garbage to make an assumption about one’s gender based on presentation. I’ve been in the position of explicitly having to tell people my pronouns and it’s uncomfortable. It’s also infinitely easier to just be asked or to state yours first. Personally, it’s an immediate relief to know that someone is accepting enough to ask or do something as basic as telling me theirs and that I won’t have to educate someone on the entirety of trans culture just to ask for basic respect.

          That’s literally the point of all of this. You won't always know if someone is trans or non-binary in real-life, and even if you think you know, you shouldn’t assume someone’s gender. It’s just best to get yours out in the open, ask if they have preferred pronouns, and show you’re accepting from the start. For all you know, you could’ve completely invalidated someone based on shit assumptions and fucked someone’s whole ass week. Being misgendered fucking sucks and it’s easily preventable.

          • Sarcasm24 [none/use name]
            26·
            4 years ago

            Having solidarity with trans people is cringe and it’s up to cis people to decide if they want to support you dirty transgendereds in even the slightest, most trivial way possible, lmfao

            Wow I'm trying to imagine a worse faith reading of what I wrote and I don't think it's possible. I'm not gonna bother reading the rest of what you wrote or responding in any way other than to say fuck you, you're a shithead

        • ap1 [any,undecided]
          3·
          4 years ago

          But I’m a cishet man who IRL is never going to be taken as anything other than tha

          gender expression != gender identity. if anybody assumes your gender identity and pronouns irl theyre a coward no matter how you look. normalising sharing ur pronouns makes it easier for trans/nb people, and helps destroy the incorrect assumption that "gender expression = gender identity". also this is a website nobody can see your big muscles and epic beard.