Curious for any advice about how to navigate this. YA family member visiting; has recently come out as not being cisgender, has strong feelings about pronouns. Parent of YA will be visiting too and has supportive strong feelings. Generally I don’t refer to people by pronouns if they’re in the room as that seems rude, so hopefully I’ll be fine. But my young DC aren’t reliable and will ask questions/drop me in it. WWYD to smooth things along before or during the visit? We want to build and maintain the relationship, not lose it.
Feminism: Sex and gender discussions
WWYD: visiting family
AmericasfavoritefightingFrenchman · 24/03/2023 17:44
AmericasfavoritefightingFrenchman · 24/03/2023 17:55
I think DC will use the ‘obvious’ pronoun- or not, one of them is young enough to get mixed up with he and she still- and that will open them up to being corrected, and then the older ones will be curious. Visiting family will be evangelical in response. I’ve never spoken about any of this before with my DC and don’t want to yet. Oldest is 8.
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