10 Things You're Actually Saying When You Ignore Someone's Gender Pronouns (http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/10/ignore-preferred-gender-pronouns/)
Via Everyday Feminism, by Sam Dylan Finch
Beyond coming out, we also ask others to change a very ingrained habit — to use different pronouns when speaking about us. This is where I encountered the most turmoil.
Some folks simply don't understand what they are saying when they refuse to use someone's gender pronouns.
When someone states their pronouns (he, she, ze, they, etc.), they are asking for your respect. And when you choose not to use these pronouns, and instead opt for your own, you are not only invalidating someone's identity, but you are also saying a plethora of harmful things that you likely never intended.
read... (http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/10/ignore-preferred-gender-pronouns/)
It's pretty accurate.
1,4 and especially 6 hit pretty close to home for me. The majority of my family is okay with me. But I have a few morons in the family that are just like the items on this list described.
Thanks for posting the link as I think a lot of people do not realize how much it matters and the impact it has show this kind of disrespect.
i have a few in my family that fit a fair number of the bullet points which is a sad statement how family can hurt us the most.