These people feel as though the typical male and female pronouns do not accurately represent their gender identities and expressions.
What this means is that, even if a person was born with female genitalia, they may still elect to use masculine pronouns to describe themselves, depending on what suits their gender expression.įor transgender people, a change of pronouns can help them identify more closely with the gender they are inside.Īnd recently, more and more people have begun adopting gender-neutral pronouns-those that neither connote male nor female gender. What are gender pronouns?Ī gender pronoun is "the pronoun that a person chooses to use for themselves" to describe their gender, according to New York City's Department of Social Services. Since gender-neutral pronouns can be a bit confusing, we've come up with a comprehensive guide (and chart!) to help you understand them, just in time for Pride Month. While males and females tend to use the pronouns we're all familiar with to describe themselves-he/him and she/her-some non-binary individuals choose different pronouns that you may not have heard of before.
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