Who knows what 'Mx' is?

[Eckhart]

I'm just wondering how many people have heard of 'Mx' as a title. It can be used by either gender, and is increasingly accepted when filling in online forms and suchlike.
I use it - it's on my driving licence even, but some of the drop down menus don't have it as an option. My favourite is EDF electricity who have Mr, Miss, Mrs, Ms, Dr, Prof., Corporal, Sergeant, Sergeant Major, and a MASSIVE list of other military ones, then Sir, Dame, Lady etc... but no 'Mx'.
I'm just wondering how many people have even heard of it.

Oh OP I think you're aware that many mainstream employers are a pretty conservative bunch. They like binary choices and lack of controversy. Mx might just suggest HR issues down the line. Hopefully I'm wrong but I'd be interested to know what response Mx engenders.

1010?

It means motocross in my world...

@Marylou2 I hope you're wrong too. I haven't encountered any responses except a puzzled look, yet, and having to explain it. My employer added it to our database as an option when they found out about it, and also made an option to no have a title at all.

@mumwon I don't understand!

I would think Mx on an application form would just be seen as future campaigns for shared toilets, and the perpetually offended. I think it would get you a big fat file in the bin.

@OlaEliza Then I wouldn't want to work for that company anyway. The job application process is a two way thing.

Mx might just suggest HR issues down the line. Hopefully I'm wrong but I'd be interested to know what response Mx engenders.

I’m a senior HR manager and I use it.

Only heard of it on MN. I don't understand the need when titles are used less and less.

It's pronounced "attention seeking bollox because I'm so speshul and younique"

I would also assume anyone using it was a woman.

I actually would work for a company that called me by the wrong title.

Why would I care?

I first heard of it a couple of years ago when my father was using it as a title while transitioning and living as a woman, and I've been watching with interest to see how much it has become available as an option on forms that ask for title with choices given. Now post-surgery, and with birth certificate stating "female", Dad has chosen to use Ms rather than Mx as she feels it better represents her status.

I know a couple of people who use it. Both are non binary, but have female names and are clearly biologically female so it's very hard to avoid using the odd she or her instead of they and them. It's the plural thing too; sets my teeth on edge to use incorrect words.

I've never heard of it either.

but about my not understanding what my biological sex has to do with anything at all when I'm paying bills or opening a bank account or getting a membership for something.

Quite a lot of statistical evidence is gathered about what % of employees are women, or, what % of managers are women, which i happen to think it quite useful - I don't think 'not prepared to say' people help those ongoing battles (same for race, too)
Also (before contactless, at least) it used to be very sensible to have an indication of your sex on your bank cards, etc - meant when stolen at least 12 the population couldn't present them as payment, face to face, so quite helpful security.

It's seems very attention/seeking to me, when the alternative - especially on a job application, when you do not have to put a title - is simply using no title at all.

I'm not in the UK, and we're increasingly moving to no title at all. Many Drs and teachers - the bastions of titles - don't use them in every day settings / interactions.

Rather than putting weight behind yet another meaningless title, why not push for no title, no label, and just being you?

I’ve seen it used by males and females on Twitter bios. Don’t know anyone in real life who uses it.

I tried to pronounce it something like “Umpx.”

She thought I was having one of my queasy hangovers and stuck the waste basket under my face.

I’ve seen it but I have traditionally rolled my eyes at it as people who use in the same category to me as other “woke” bollocks such as being “gender neutral”, using preferred pronouns on ones twitter handle/emails, or using “they” as a pronoun. I’d really never thought much about using it on a form where there may not be another option that doesn’t denote ones sex though , so thank you. Food for thought

Seen it online, inc on here, but never in real life.
Think its to 'hide' someone's gender or sex from others, or used by people who say they are either gender fluid or have no gender identity.

Mx is NOT sex-free, or gender free. I’m sure no mane would ever use it.
It’s just as extreme version of Ms

Seems pointless to me...

Male

I've heard of it.

I'd assume anyone using it probably doesn't identify as the sex they were born, or is at least "gender neutral", "non binary" or some other woke bollocks.

I use my title (Mrs) daily as I teach and it is what the children know me as. Some of my fellow teachers choose to use Ms or Miss.

However, in my experience, it is actually far more common to just get called Miss or Miss (Name) - the children (infant so little) just seem to revert to Miss for all as it is. I really can't see them using Mx or anything else as well. They only just remember to use Mr for the male staff we have in school - only 2, and neither are teaching staff, at present.