Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz to Trans Memes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 6 months agoDrag didn't do that...lemmy.nzimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down145
arrow-up143arrow-down1imageDrag didn't do that...lemmy.nzDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz to Trans Memes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squarePyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months agoAh! Effectively none. Which does bring up an unusual case: how should drag be referred to as part of a group? They and drag? Or would just they suffice?
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months agoThey. It’s the same as if you refer to a group of people with a man in it. The “he” is discarded. Drag doesn’t use plural independent pronouns.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoOkay but why not use the already gender-free pronouns I and you? That’s got nothing to do with being trans, does it?
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months agoDon’t want to.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoToo much Elmo growing up. I knew that fucker would ruin Sesame Street.
minus-squarezagaberoo@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoSome degree of identity erasure is inherent with mass pronouns; interesting question!
Ah! Effectively none.
Which does bring up an unusual case: how should drag be referred to as part of a group? They and drag? Or would just they suffice?
They. It’s the same as if you refer to a group of people with a man in it. The “he” is discarded. Drag doesn’t use plural independent pronouns.
Okay but why not use the already gender-free pronouns I and you? That’s got nothing to do with being trans, does it?
Don’t want to.
Too much Elmo growing up. I knew that fucker would ruin Sesame Street.
Some degree of identity erasure is inherent with mass pronouns; interesting question!