What pronouns do you use?
PEPS staff share the pronouns they use in emails, meetings and other social communications so that we can invite the sharing of pronouns of everyone we meet. We encourage leaders and parents to share the pronouns they use at the first meeting of their PEPS Group.
To learn more about pronouns and why we share them proactively, here are some introductory resources.
- Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Gender Neutral Pronouns - This Time Magazine essay offers many examples and reasons how the proactive sharing of pronouns is helpful to everyone. Fun to read, short answers cover everything from awkwardness to the use of Mx in emails.
- All Your Questions about Gender-Neutral Pronouns Answered - Teen Vogue explores similar territory - including when you make a mistake. Links to more stories and videos that Teen Vogue has produced on gender.
- Why Asking Someone What Gender Pronoun They Use is So Important - Also from Teen Vogue, this piece talks about the importance of asking.
- ParentMap Article: Why We’re Raising Our Child Gender-Neutral: A Mother-To-Be’s Wish for her Unborn Child (2017) - More than pronouns, this local story includes info for parents on gender-neutral clothing, colors, toys and more.
- University of Massachusetts Student Printable - This short guide also includes some "Dos and Dont's.
- New Third Gender Option is Available on Washington State Birth Certificates - From local paper The Stranger, this 2018 story reports on changes to birth certificates for newborns.
- Gender Neutral Parenting - This article in Quartz at Work profiles parents and their families who are raising children with gender self-determination.
- A blog by the parents of Zoomer, with posts and information, including one on formal documents. They also write on pronouns including experiences they had when Zoomer was born.
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