Exipronoun, paleopronoun, archpronoun, or trad pronoun is a term to refer to the "standard" existing pronoun sets of a language. They are a complement to the concept of neopronouns. English's exipronouns are he/him, she/her, and they/them, as well as it/its (though some people may consider "it" a neopronoun, since it's not standard usage when referring to a person).
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History
The term exipronoun was coined by Tumblr user Anicrossic on 30 June, 2020, and trad pronoun was coined by trans-kayn on the same post[1]. The term archpronoun was coined by Tumblr user carbonated-neon on 15 August, 2019[2], and paleopronoun was coined by lgbtqiarchive on the same post the next day[3].
Misgendering
See main article: Misgendering
Using the incorrect pronouns for someone when you are aware of their pronouns is misgendering[4]. Misgendering is an act of erasure and transphobia, which has been linked to mental health struggles and suicide[5]. The U.S. Transgender Survey states that 54% of those living with unsupportive families, where their family members may misgender them, had attempted suicide within their lifetime. 37% of those with supportive families had attempted suicide at some point of their lives.[6]
Flags
An exipronoun flag was created by Tumblr user the-gender-collector-emself on 2 July, 2020[7]. In it, the stripes each represent a different pronoun set: blue represents he/him, purple represents she/her, green represents it/its, and yellow represents they/them. Orange represents people who use a combination of these pronouns.
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Specific Exipronoun Flags
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Sources
- ↑ Anicrossic's coining of "exipronoun". Original posts were deleted.
- ↑ carbonated-neon's coining of "archpronoun".
- ↑ lgbtqiarchive's coining of "paleopronoun".
- ↑ https://www.adl.org/education/resources/tools-and-strategies/lets-get-it-right-using-correct-pronouns-and-names
- ↑ https://www.childtrends.org/blog/research-shows-the-risk-of-misgendering-transgender-youth
- ↑ http://affinitymagazine.us/2017/04/17/intentionally-misgendering-transgender-people-is-considered-violence/
- ↑ the-gender-collector-emself's exipronoun flag. (dead link)
- ↑ love-all-around1223's She/her pronoun flag
- ↑ nounselves' She/her pronoun flag
- ↑ love-all-around1223's He/him pronoun flag
- ↑ ezgender's He/him/his pronoun flag
- ↑ nounselves
- ↑ imoga-pride's He/him woman flag
- ↑ love-all-around1223's They/them pronoun flag
- ↑ craftgender's They/them pronoun flag
- ↑ nebularomantic's They/them pronoun flag
- ↑ whimsy-flags' They/them pronoun flag
- ↑ libragender's They/them pronoun flag
- ↑ oopslmaodeactivatedcunts' They/them pronoun flag
- ↑ love-all-around1223's It/its pronoun flag
- ↑ @pronoun_flags' It/its pronoun flag
- ↑ @pronounflags' It/its/itself pronoun flag
- ↑ @pronounflags' It/it's/itself pronoun flag
- ↑ neopronouns' It/its pronoun flag
- ↑ craftgender's It/its/itself pronoun flag
- ↑ libragender's It/its pronoun flag
- ↑ geekycorn's It/its pronoun flag
- ↑ BLACKDOGZZ's It/its pronoun flag
- ↑ plurgai's It/its pronoun flag
- ↑ plurgai's It/its pronoun flag
- ↑ @edenmogai's It/its pronoun flag
- ↑ @neo.pronounflags' It/its/itself pronoun flag
- ↑ @neopronounz.flagz's It/its/itself pronoun flag