Trans Rights are Human Rights
Edit:
I was angry when I made this post. I should have cooled off first but I didn’t, and I apologize for that. Though that does not change the reason for this post, just the way I’m gonna say it:
I’m not, and I don’t think anyone else is, upset if someone doesn’t want to set a pronoun. The anger came from the comments on the other post, the reaction of some people who stated they didn’t care about the issue, but also cared enough to complain about the fact that it was brought up.
They cared that they were being bothered but did not care to show solidarity.
I think that’s supremely fucked up. I know what it’s like to be on the other side of that cruel apathy, and I will not stand to see it directed at my comrades.
And the pronoun flairs are a good feature, but it does not make sense to assume that everybody who doesn't use it is indifferent or worse with regards to trans rights.
Any personal information one might offer about oneself, including preferred pronouns, must be strictly voluntary. There are myriad reasons one might withhold this information, and most of them are not indifference or disdain for Trans people.
Perhaps new users should default to "unspecified." This is different from "they/them" because it specifically means this information has been withheld.