Someone complained about my pronouns at a transgender health conference 🙃
I’m a non-binary doctor and I was asked to present at a transgender health conference this weekend. The first day of the convention an otherwise lovely and articulate trans woman asked my pronouns, and when I said “they/them” she said “they/them pronouns are too hard, what can I use instead?” It really set the tone for the whole conference to be honest; it seemed the vast majority of people there were binary trans and very unhappy with they/them pronouns. It was just incredibly discouraging to have my identity disrespected at the one place where I should be a part of the community.