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I know I'm trans and I have told some people. But I cant work up the courage to tell any adults in my life when they use the wrong pronouns. What can I say or do for them to understand on the right way I'd like to be addressed?

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Last Updated: 05/04/2020 at 12:43am
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soundofthesunshine
May 4th, 2020 12:43am
In a world that uses labels to identify people, it is super important that they are used correctly. There is no harm in simply correcting them, "Hey, I would actually like to go by he/him or she/her". Don't let your identity be defined for you; your pronouns are your pronouns and you have a right to ask for them to be used correctly. You can also remind them that gender is a construct and a spectrum and that your change in pronouns does not change who you are as a person, deep on the inside, but that you simply find more comfort in identifying with these labels.