LGBT chief Julie – the wrong arm of the law

Oct 18, 2019 by

By Gary Oliver, The Conservative Woman:

THIS article is by Gary Oliver. To anyone posting in the comments section, please note that my personal pronouns are he, him and his – gendered terms which, until a few days ago, I naively believed to be blindingly obvious.

Having been made aware of the proliferation of gender neutral pronouns, I now recognise that choice should never be taken for granted. According to mypronouns.org, ‘The act of making an assumption (even if correct) sends a potentially harmful message – that people have to look a certain way to demonstrate the gender that they are or are not . . . it can be offensive or harassing to guess at someone’s pronouns and refer to them using those pronouns if that is not how that person wants to be known.’

My re-education occurred yesterday, which was designated International Pronouns Day. (Yes, it really was.) The lesson of the day was that instead of leaving others to make assumptions, henceforth everyone should follow the example of Jeremy, 70, an allotment holder from Islington, seen here volunteering his personal pronouns.

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