A little while back, I was muted by somebody I looked upto. And that definitely did stir many conflicting emotions, and it still does.
The reason they muted me, was because I failed to understand the importance of pronouns.
I guess i still don't.
But i have come to acknowledge, that i don't prefer gendered pronouns. I guess i always knew that, sort of. But i couldn't come to accept it.
I'm form a language, in which most things have a gender (kind of like how in French, where even cars and colours have genders), so from a young age I believed there was no other choice, that i just had to accept it.
Even if didn't feel right. It's not as if pronouns are used much, right?
But there is a freedom, in not being tied to anything you don't want to, what you're not.
It felt the same way, when i realised i might be gay.
I told myself 'ok, so maybe you're gay. But try not to be, it'll be so much easier that way'
It took a while, and some isolation to figure that one out.
This took time too.
So I guess this is my coming out.
I don't care what pronouns you use, but I'd prefer no pronouns, or at least gender neutral ones.
- Mallowmelt