Gender Neutral Pronouns and Other Terms

For Use in Stories with Gender Non-Binary Characters

But they work great in real life too!

I developed the following set of gender neutral terms for use in my writing when working with characters who do not identify as men/women or boys/girls.

These gender neutral terms are for people who identify as gender nonconforming, gender queer, as a third gender, agender, gender fluid, gender variant, non-binary, etc. These terms aren't supposed to replace non-gender terms (child, parent, sibling, or spouse). The purpose of these terms is so that an identity can be made visible, not hidden. 

For example: My child is 12 years old.

This actually obscures the gender of the child and could make a non-binary gender identity seem less valid.

Whereas: My thawn is 12 years old.

This makes it very clear that my offspring identifies along the gender spectrum, but not as a boy or girl.

I hope you'll find these terms useful: 

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