Pro-actively using gender-affirming pronouns to indicate the diversity and visibility of identity is important for LGBTQ+ human rights.

Pronouns used to properly recognize gender and sexual identities are a political act that disrupts the status quo.

However, what’s been missing from the ‘pronoun debate’ is the discussion about the nature of language and who or what will have the final say on which pronouns variations endure.

One the one hand, it’s valid to declare that proper pronoun use in favour of one’s identity is nonnegotiable and justifiable from a diversity and human rights standpoint.

On the other hand, this viewpoint is missing an important aspect of linguistics with respect to the efficiency of language.

Specifically, the nature and economy of language provide clues about which pronouns will endure in the Queer Community.

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