This is super important: use definitive language and “to be” verbs: Demi Lovato came out as non-binary. Their pronouns ARE they/them. Demi Lovato IS non-binary.https://twitter.com/DashKwiatkowski/status/1395072796405927939 …
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“Identifies as” puts distance between the person and their gender or sexuality. It makes it sound like it’s not a real thing and that is something the person has chosen to be at the moment. Definitive is, are, am statements make it clear that this is an immutable category.
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I _think_ the "identifies as" language originated in academic discourses where it was understood as highlighting the constructedness and contingency of _all_ identity, but like most academic language that makes its way to the mainstream, that nuance got lost.
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oh absolutely but I’m not going into all that on twitter.
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I don't blame you!
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