You're Just You

I'm all for being "politically correct", up to a point and about certain issues. If people want to be referred to in a certain way, so as not to remind them of painful experiences, fine. We have seen the transition from negro, to black and then to African-American in the U.S, for example. But, I don't think that you should get to change grammar on any account.

The University of Vermont has accepted to call a person that was born a woman but does not feel like one -- nor a man, for that matter -- they. But, wait a minute. Isn't that the plural form? I suppose that this person feels that there's more to (her, him, it) than meets the eye.

Seriously, though, unless you're royalty, the Pope or a judge in a courtroom, you don't refer to yourself in the plural form. No matter what the gender case may be, this person is just an individual; therefore, should be referred to in singular form.

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