We are Megan and Giorgia, we are going to talk about different types of gender pronouns and the importance of them; as we are celebrating Pride.

My experience as a member of the LGBTQ+ community; I struggled to tell people how I identify myself. It was difficult to explain within my own mind, as well as talking with my close friends and family. As it was hard to talk about, and explain, I would try and drop hints to my mum to help her understand who/what I am. Thankfully this was only a short period of time, where she didn’t understand me. But she reached out to me and said she doesn’t care who or what I am, and that she loves and supports me regardless. I identify as She/He, and bisexual. This was easier for my close friends to understand; and people outside of them who I don’t know, don’t need to know. I don’t need to explain myself to them. It doesn’t really matter who or what you are, as people will love you.

Going through my own experience with this, it has now highlighted to importance of gender pronouns. Which we will discuss further here.

What is a pronoun?

When you’re talking about someone – you use a pronoun instead of their name to refer to them, based on their gender.

Different Pronouns:

Feminine – She/Her/herself

Masculine – He/His/Him

Non-binary – They/Them

Fluid Gender – She/He/Them

These are the most common ones, and the feminine and masculine ones are usually used to refer to people based on how they look. This can be an awkward conversation as just because someone looks like a one gender; doesn’t always been they identify as that gender.

There’s the LGBTQ flag that includes everyone. There is other flags which represents different sexuality and genders. This means that everyone feels welcome and apart of the community.