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Sandy's avatar

As usual, Ken, spot on. I just find it a bit sad that we dedicate a month to sexual preference but only a day for those who gave their lives for our freedom.

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Ned Smith's avatar

One thing this piece should be commended for is that you included an example. This is refreshing, as most of the time when we come across these types of opinions, we have no idea where it comes from...it’s just word salads about pronouns and changing rooms, accompanied by hyperbole and hysteria (which this piece also avoids).

BUT, I think the example you have given really shows what an absolute nothing burger this whole issue is, in my view. An email was sent by someone at a school in Ottawa suggesting the idea of addressing students as ‘they/them’ during pride month? I mean, really? This is the most pressing issue on people’s minds? Doesn’t this seem like extremely diligent reactionary outrage farming?

That’s what I take from this, anyway.

The other thing is that, in my experience, trans people don’t prefer ‘they/them’ pronouns. All the trans people I’ve met simply use the pronouns related to the gender to which they’d like to be referred. That is, ‘he/him’ or ‘she/her’. ‘They/them’ is used by non-binary, or more commonly by people who wish to destigmatize the idea of non-binary identity, as a statement of solidarity with non-binary community. I too, find the ‘they/them’ pronouns to be a silly idea, but I’ve literally never been asked to use them. How often are you confronted with this problem?

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