We live in today's society - where people who identify outside the gender binary live their life openly. However, as much as they have the courage and support to live their truth - some people can be quite offensive.
And it doesn't have to be offensive on purpose - it can be unintentional, such as addressing them with the wrong gender pronouns. A solution to this problem is to address people neutrally. So how does one do that? Popsugar details on how to speak about and to people in a sympathetic and supportive way:
Simply seek to be polite and as inclusive possible.
Those we spoke with for this story agreed that the singular "they" is always safe to use. "It's a gender-neutral pronoun that comes completely naturally to speakers of English," Saul said. "Think about a sentence like 'When a student arrives, they should pick up a handout.' It just rolls off the tongue and doesn't feel the slightest bit awkward."
If there is a confusion on what to call someone politely and properly, there is no harm asking.
image credit: Flickr user Bradley Griffin via Popsugar
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