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“They” is correct, and so is respect
June 3, 2025By: Zainab Salam, Staff Writer Content warning: descriptions of misgendering and transphobia. A surge in anti-2SLGBTQIA+ hate crimes and discrimination in Canada over the past few years is emboldened by the anti-trans agenda pushed by right-wing figures like Pierre Poilievre. Such rhetoric is often thinly veiled beneath false claims of intellectual superiority regarding biological and linguistic “correctness.” For example, some refuse to respect peoples’ pronouns because “they” as a singular pronoun is supposedly “grammatically incorrect.” The internet is rife with clips of right-wing figures on radio shows or college campuses roping queer individuals into a debate about their identities and…
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Should we be using the term “Latinx?”
September 30, 2022By: Michelle Young, Editor-in-Chief and Daniel Salcedo Rubio, Features Editor Latinx emerged as a way to describe Latin Americans who didn’t identify with the gender binary. This can include people who identify as non-binary, agender, intersex, and/or Two-Spirited. The term…
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What Grinds Our Gears: People staying silent as I get misgendered
March 22, 2021by Meera Eragoda, Copy Editor I am non-binary and I use they/them/theirs pronouns which most people are on board with. Of course, I am very femme-presenting so being misgendered constantly has been a reality that I’ve needed to adjust to.…
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International Women’s Day needs to represent more than just cis women
March 6, 2021by Dev Petrovic, Staff Writer Every year on March 8 for International Women’s Day, social media platforms are flooded with variants of “go girl” posts, celebrating “strong, powerful, independent women.” While women have every right to celebrate the progression of…
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Online dating needs to be friendlier for trans and GNC folks
February 15, 2021by Ciara Reid, SFU Student Not long after hitting download on both Bumble and Tinder, I was faced with a problem I had not encountered in my last downloading spree, not being fully out to myself or others at the…
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“She uses they/them pronouns” : allyship to the gender-diverse community
February 3, 2019By: Sarah McCarthy I appreciate the initiative of including your name and your pronouns in class introductions. But I am always frozen with fear in this situation. I also appreciate this momentous phenomenon of creating language that challenges cissexism and…
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