they/them

Definitions

A non-binary person; one who uses gender-neutral pronouns.

Internet, derogatory, offensive, sometimes

Equivalents

Examples

“I've long used videogames as a means to cope with both my disability and my dysphoria, but Baldur's Gate 3 is the first time I've been able to really get⟳ into roleplaying a they/them causing mayhem.”

“The individual straight cises whom I work⟳ with are pretty nice for the most part. Still, people (mostly my boomer coworkers) often misgender other people (mostly the younger they/thems) at my office and bristle when corrected.”

“In case you were wondering, "Shakespeare's They/Thems" turned out to be Rosalind and Viola. The Folger talk⟳ summons these "cross-dressed female protagonists" as evidence that Shakespeare was "comfortable" with "non-binary" and "transgender identity"”

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