#40 - For Them

Today’s words: Assign, Blurt, Pricey, Zoom in

Word count: 176

Completion time: 24 minutes

Summary: For people who deal with this shit regularly, this is for them. Respect gender identity.

Sidenote (I am aware that not all people who don't conform to one gender are comfortable with 'them'; this is from my experience only)

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Focus

Zoom in

“Is that a ‘him’?”

You blurt

“Don’t be absurd

That’s a ‘her’.”

A him?

A her?

Ahem

A word?

You look at my friend and see a gender

Something to classify

Scrutinise

I look at my friend and see a human being

Someone worth seeing

Gender or genitalia aside

You assign pronouns of your own

And stare at them like they’re a clown

Something to amuse

Entertain

Please refrain

(It hurts my brain...)

When they say that they prefer neutral pronouns

You look at them like they’ve got flu

and coughed it all over you

“You’re either a boy or a girl, simple.”

It was never that ‘simple’, you tight twat

Never that black and white

Is it too pricey to use ‘them’?

Is that why you refuse?

Tell me

What have you got to lose?

If someone says they’re transgender

Or gender neutral

Or genderqueer

I don’t need to hear

what you do or don’t believe

It’s not about you

It’s about them

This is for them

Now,

Shall we try again?