What does it mean when someone wants to use “any pronouns” or “all pronouns”? To answer those questions, we need to understand what pronouns are — and why they matter to people. Over the past decade, ...

One day in March of 2021, my son, who had just turned 16, came home urgently. At the time, I was living in Washington D.C., while he was in New Hampshire at a boarding school which he had joined ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. A colleague recently asked me: “What’s the deal with pronouns and why do they matter in ...

OK, fellow wordy types: See if you can spot the grammar mistake I fixed when editing the following sentence. “Our team wrote, published and promoted a series of 12 human interest stories that each ...

I've been pondering how to word my thoughts in a manner that might be considered the political "middle path" in regard to the following scenario: A young person has asked their teacher to address them ...

The Trump White House isn’t responding to queries from reporters who put pronouns in their email signatures. Wait, what? If you’re confused about what this is all about, you’re not alone. The New York ...

The problem that conservatives have is not with pronouns, it is with the idea that they have to respect and include people who may be different from them. On the Feb. 26 episode of the popular TV game ...

A colleague recently asked me: “What’s the deal with pronouns and why do they matter in the workplace?” They asked with kindness and curiosity because I openly use she/they pronouns, and as a member ...

“I present as feminine and people may assume that I use she/her pronouns. For me, that’s OK, but using they/them would be more validating to me.” CRAIG KOHLRUSS [email protected] A colleague ...