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1keydescriptionnormativepronoun_subjectpronoun_objectpossessive_determinerpossessive_pronounreflexivepluralpluralHonorificpronounceablehistorysources
2he,he/himNormative “he/him”TRUEhehimhishishimselfFALSEFALSETRUEleftHand,elliotPage2
3she,she/herNormative “she/her”TRUEsheherherhersherselfFALSEFALSETRUEancillaryJustice,thousandsProtestPoland
4they,they/themSingular “they”TRUEtheythemtheirtheirsthemselvesTRUETRUETRUESingular “they” has been used in English to describe an unspecified person since the late 1300s (it's even older than singular “you”!). Nowadays, it's the most popular choice among people who prefer gender neutral forms. It starts being {https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/singular-nonbinary-they=accepted by dictionaries} too.billions,sheRa,comedyOfErrors,deGrassiNext,bookstoreEndAmerica,intervention,starWarsLastShot,mariekeLucas,kacenCallender,starTrekDiscovery,samSmith,asiaKateDillon,starTrekDiscovery2
5it,it/itsPersonal “it”TRUEitititsitsitselfFALSEFALSETRUEAlthough “it” is normally used for objects, not people, some actually do like being called that way. If someone wants you to call it “it”, it's not offensive it's actually respectful. But remember that it/its pronouns have a history of transphobic use, so only with people who explicitly wish it.arcaIs
6e,e/em/eirSpivak pronounsFALSEe|iem|ɛmeir|ɛɹeirs|ɛɹzemself|ɛmsɛlfFALSEFALSETRUECoined by Michael Spivak in 1990 for his manual <em>The Joy of TeX</em> to avoid gendering people in the examples.theJoy,provenane,bogiTakacsAbout,maiaKobabeAbout
7ey,ey/emElverson pronounsFALSEey|eɪem|ɛmeir|ɛɹeirs|ɛɹzemself|ɛmsɛlfFALSEFALSETRUE{https://research.cristanwilliams.com/2012/02/24/1975-transgender-cross-gender/=Coined by Christine M. Elverson} in 1975 for a contest to create an alternative to the singular {/they=they}. Those forms are created by dropping “th” from “they”.cageZeus
8per,per/perPerson pronounsFALSEper|pəɹper|pəɹper|pəɹpers|pəɹzperself|pəɹsɛlfFALSEFALSETRUECoined by John Clark in an issue of the <em>Newsletter of the American Anthropological Association</em> in 1972, derived from the word “person”.womanOn
9ve,ve/verNeopronoun “ve/ver”FALSEve|viver|vəɹvis|vizvers|vəɹzverself|vəɹsɛlfFALSEFALSETRUEUsed eg. by Greg Egan in <em>Distress</em> (1995) and <em>Diaspora</em> (1998), and by Keri Hulme in <em>The Bone People</em> (1984).distress,steelBreeze
10ze,ze/hirNeopronoun “ze/hir”FALSEzehirhirhirshirselfFALSEFALSEFALSEdifferentlyAnimated,prefaceTo,buckingThe
11zhe,zhe/zherNeopronoun “zhe/zher”FALSEzhezherzherzherszherselfFALSEFALSEFALSEstarWarsAftermath