P.S. I personally treat sex, gender expression, and language preference as different axes in the graph; where all combination of values are possible, and often not constant. Traditional sex-based expressions also exists in this graph; so I'm not fond of identity labeling, any sort of "my identity is holier than thou" attitude, or identity politics in general.
For me it's not a matter of identity labeling. I have both X and Y chromosomes. I also have a medically verifiable resistance to testosterone where instead of processing it, my body converts it to estrogen. No matter what I do, I will look female to some extent, in spite of the fact that I am not female. Traditional sex-based expression is literally not relevant to me. I don't think he'll will prevent anyone from using that form of expression nor will he force anyone to use pronouns. He is simply providing us with more options.
** To @Kyo, in case that you think it is more preferable to implement, using icon hover text would okay if you see fit. But in case that static text is added, this pronoun information should be displayed as another field on profile page (not on each post).
I personally think the hover idea is a better idea. It gives people the choice to look or not look at that information.
I also ask you to make sure to:
- Make blank field (no specific preferences) the default.
- Do not automatically infer pronouns preferences from Male/Female/Non-binary/etc specification, because it does not always reflect actual preferences.
Agreed
For example: I clearly state Male sex as my identity, but I also have a strict "no preference on pronouns" policy;*** and I would tolerate most pronouns people'd normally use IRL in any languages I could read or listen to.
I typically request people use my name, and not pronouns, so I understand this. However, I also use they/them.
*** In fact, on other non-mainstream technology community I'm participating in, people used gender-neutral speeches when speaking of me, more than using conventional "him" pronouns; and I see this as a good thing.
I personally think that this would be an ideal situation, unfortunately, we have multiple languages in this forum. Many of them are indeed gender-based. Nonetheless, I understand the sentiment.
