We know that some of the options listed on the forum are new and might not be in everyone's vocabulary. We also only included the subject pronoun in the profile, which means you might not know the rest of the set. To help anyone who might be confused by the options available, we have included a full list of the pronouns on the forum below, as well as some resources on practicing pronouns.
If you would like to request a new set of pronouns be added, please submit them here.
Non-Pronoun Options
Some people do not have pronouns listed in their profiles because they have selected one of the following options. Here are what each of these options mean.
- Any Pronouns - the person is comfortable with you using any set of pronouns. This can be done either by selecting one set you use every time with this person or switching up which sets you use often or every time. Ask which the person prefers if you are unsure.
- Mix Up Pronouns - the person wants you to switch up which pronoun you use every time, picking from different sets each time. An example; I went to pick up them from the airport, his plane was early. This refers to the same person.
- My Name Only - this person wants you to use a name only and not use pronouns or descriptors at all.
- No Pronouns - this person does not want you to use pronouns for them, but you may use names or descriptors.
Pronoun List
The following are all the pronoun sets currently available on this website. Sentence examples are given below.
- HE / him / his / his / himself
- SHE / her / her / hers / herself
- THEY / them / their / theirs / themself or themselves
- E / em / eir / eirs / emself
- FAE / faer / faer / faers / faerself
- IT / it / its / its / itself
- XE / xem / xyr / xyrs / xemself
- ZE / hir / hir / hirs / herself
- ZE / zir / zir / zirs / zirself
Pronoun Examples
- HE: He goes to my school. I know him well. His work was always great. The umbrella was his. He never sat by himself.
- SHE: She is my best friend. I well to the mall with her. Her dog was named Daisy. The idea was all hers. She called herselfa loner.
- THEY: They belonged to a band. This was all on them. Their hair was dyed blue. The cat is theirs. They sang the song all by themself or they sang the song all by themselves.
- E: E is a teacher. Everyone liked em. I went to eir party. The potato salad was eirs. E made it all by emself.
- FAE: Fae is coming for the weekend. I don't blame faer. Faer girlfriend was late. The top bunk was faers. always knew faerself well.
- IT: It was a good friend. I went with to work. Its house was old. The car was its. It picked the hat out for itself.
- XE: Xe is learning to dance. I love xem. This was xyr couch. The plan was xyrs. Xe drove xemself.
- ZE: Ze is studying to become a doctor. I went on a date with hir. This was hir favourite place. The dessert idea was hirs. Ze was paying for med school by hirself
- ZE: Ze is pretty quiet. I shared an apartment zir. Zir desk was in the living room. All the mugs was zirs. Ze had painted the whole place by zirself
We recommend these websites as places you can practice different pronoun sets or learn more about different sets and their origins.
- Practice with Pronouns - use fill in the blanks to learn different sets. Also lets you fill in your own sets for options they don't have listed.
- Pronouns by Minus18 - fill in the blanks to learn different sets. Also has examples.
- Pronouns Island - lets you link to your pronouns at a pronoun.is url and provides examples.
- English Pronouns Wiki - has lots of information on a wide range of pronouns and their origins/usages.
- Gender Census - census that includes information on how much pronouns are used year-to-year.