I’m all for gender-inclusive language and try to use it as much as possible (ie “mail person” instead of “mail man” and using “they” instead of defaulting to “he” when gender is unknown). But God am I tired of replacing everything with an X, haha.
I’d just call them “teacher [last name]” like how college professors tend to go by “professor [last name]” and call it a day.
The article states that the teacher in question asked if they could go by professor, to which the principal said was in violation of the same law. Which means in Florida you cannot call a teacher professor, as it is gender neutral.
Funnily enough, I think this depends on country. I’m in Australia and I’ve heard lecturers ask the class not to call them Professor since that is a title within the University (I’m guessing something similar to Captain in an Army). I think most couldn’t care less, but I’ve had 1 or 2 ask in the first class not to use that title. So you can’t win.
Is Mx. pronounced “Mix?”
I’m all for gender-inclusive language and try to use it as much as possible (ie “mail person” instead of “mail man” and using “they” instead of defaulting to “he” when gender is unknown). But God am I tired of replacing everything with an X, haha.
I’d just call them “teacher [last name]” like how college professors tend to go by “professor [last name]” and call it a day.
Latinx is hated by the majority of Hispanic people because it’s unpronounceable in Spanish, so you can drop that one.
(Am Hispanic ftr, despise the term)
A nonbinary person of Hispanic origins I watch on YouTube uses ‘Latine’
Yeah that’s a more generally agreed upon one. I personally use Hispanic or Latino as an adjective, and Latine for singular gender neutral
I’m a nonbinary teacher. My students just call me by my last name with no honorific most of the time
How do you assert your authority over a bunch of children without forcing them to acknowledge your superiority every time they address you? /s
Guess this is why I like college. I just call everybody Professor and not risking strange looks or offending anybody.
The article states that the teacher in question asked if they could go by professor, to which the principal said was in violation of the same law. Which means in Florida you cannot call a teacher professor, as it is gender neutral.
Howsabout “Teacher” lmao
Teachess
What the fuck? Admittedly I didn’t read the article because I thought they banned “they”.
Funnily enough, I think this depends on country. I’m in Australia and I’ve heard lecturers ask the class not to call them Professor since that is a title within the University (I’m guessing something similar to Captain in an Army). I think most couldn’t care less, but I’ve had 1 or 2 ask in the first class not to use that title. So you can’t win.
Yes
Most commonly yes. There are other ways to pronounce it and I suppose if the person pronounces it differently I’d go with what they say.
Yes, it makes nonbinary people sound like rappers and I’m here for it
(Plus every NB person I know has a name like “blue” or “sock”, which makes it especially fun)
How do they arrive at such bold names? I’m so jealous and yet… Perhaps not as brave either. I’m a transfem she/her rather than nonbinary.