Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz to Trans Memes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 4 months agoDrag didn't do that...lemmy.nzexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down12
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minus-squarePyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoAh! Effectively none. Which does bring up an unusual case: how should drag be referred to as part of a group? They and drag? Or would just they suffice?
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThey. It’s the same as if you refer to a group of people with a man in it. The “he” is discarded. Drag doesn’t use plural independent pronouns.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoOkay but why not use the already gender-free pronouns I and you? That’s got nothing to do with being trans, does it?
Ah! Effectively none.
Which does bring up an unusual case: how should drag be referred to as part of a group? They and drag? Or would just they suffice?
They. It’s the same as if you refer to a group of people with a man in it. The “he” is discarded. Drag doesn’t use plural independent pronouns.
Okay but why not use the already gender-free pronouns I and you? That’s got nothing to do with being trans, does it?
Don’t want to.