

They are deeply versed in the style and mores of contemporary identity politics conversations. Many neopronoun users are dead serious, and are also part of online communities that are quick to react swiftly to offenses. For those unfamiliar with the culture surrounding neopronouns right now, it’s likely impossible to distinguish between what’s playful, what’s deeply meaningful and what’s people being mean. And: Around any leading edge behavior online, trolling, high jinks and bad faith collide indistinctly. Just 4 percent said they used neopronouns, including “ze/zir,” and “fae/faer,” often in combination with other pronouns. (Participants were recruited from late 2019 through early 2020 by ads on social media.) Most said they used common pronouns like “he,” “she” and “they.” young people by the Trevor Project, a nonprofit dedicated to preventing suicide among queer and trans youth, found that one-quarter of them used nonbinary pronouns. A recent survey of pronoun use among 40,000 L.G.B.T.Q.
