The Genesis of Gender, with Dr. Abigail Favale
Mere Fidelity
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I Don't Want to Be Complicit in Other People's Deceptions
The author says it's not necessarily a lie to use someone's preferred pronouns in certain circumstances. "I think there's room for talking about principles of discernment and how to respond linguistically," she says. The younger someone is, the more caution should be used, he adds. But again, the goal isn't just to sort of affirm everything, rather in order to establish a relationship where accompaniment can happen.
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