Instead of "s/he is" you can say "they are", even though it's singular. "They" is the preferred pronoun for any situation where gender is unclear or (usually, but not always) for non binary people.

[–] felykiosa@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh sorry I brutaly translated this from French where we say" iel " (contraction of "Elle" and "il" our feminine and masculine pronoun). I already saw they but I didn't thought about it.

[–] mossy_@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's all good! The fact that you want to be inclusive is great. They have a contraction for nonbinary pronouns in french? that's awesome.

[–] AwakenedAce@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, it's a neopronoun, so while it's popular enough for most people to understand what it means, in my experience "iel" sadly gets a lot of pushback ("oh but we don't do that in French" etc.) which means it's rarely used in contexts other than to refer to non-binary people who have expressed a preference for "iel".

[–] mossy_@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Yeah that sounds familiar

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