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> To both gentleman/woman who replied below:

I identify as non-binary. Your erasure of my identity is just as problematic as your use of social violence to compel speech and oppress marginalized and under-represented groups.

Your responses and refusal to acknowledge the effects of these words only demonstrates you being insensitive about the pain of many of your brothers and sisters who find the echo of social injustices in the seemingly insignificant word like “allowlist”(white) and “denylist”(black). You may even understand why they feel one way or other about it , it is just that you choose to not acknowledge it.



I am truly sorry . May I know what would have been the right way to refer a non binary person? Is it gentlehuman?


I would suggest not using “gentle” in the first place, if your goal is inclusivity above all.

The terms “gentleman” and “gentlewoman” describe landed gentry — and carry heavy classist, racist, imperialist, and colonialist overtones.




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