It's really the smallest thing, like, if anything you could make the argument its too symbolic; but overall it's just helpful. Considering we have a lot of trans users, I imagine (as a c*s male) that having people, even online, refer to you by your proper pronouns could really make you feel good. We aren't a fucking Nazi website ffs, we have a lot of trans comrades and it's both helpful and (in my cis opinion) probably good to have a community that supports you (trans people) by mandating pronoun usage. It might seem small, but to the stupidpol types i ask you this - imagine you live in some Southern hellhole, and no one in your family or school uses your prefered pronouns. Now imagine you find a space like this - it's probably going to make you feel just a tiny bit better about yourself at least, even if it's just strangers online - at least it's something, y'know?

Love to all my trans comrades

  • ChapoBathHouse [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Idk I’d feel kinda scummy if I was a cis dude going around pretending to be something else. Like, it could violate trust or something i haven’t really explored the notion much other than thinking it could be misleading in a way that could (in an admittedly probably minuscule) negatively impact people.

        • Good_Username [they/them,e/em/eir]
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          4 years ago

          As a nonbinary person, don't worry about it. Having people call you "they" online is in no way shape or form stealing nonbinary valor. I definitely don't assume that everyone using the they/them pronoun tag is nonbinary.