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authorChristian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>2021-04-26 12:58:45 +0200
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@@ -149,15 +149,17 @@ friendlier and reach conclusions more easily.</p>
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<li id="f1">
<p>Honoring people's preferences about gender identity includes
- not referring to them in ways that conflict with that identity.
- For instance, not to use pronouns for them that conflict with it.
- There are several ways to avoid that; one way is to use
- gender-neutral pronouns, since they don't conflict with any
- possible gender identity. One choice is singular use of
- &ldquo;they,&rdquo; &ldquo;them&rdquo; and &ldquo;their.&rdquo;
- Another choice uses the gender-neutral singular pronouns,
- &ldquo;person,&rdquo; &ldquo;per&rdquo; and &ldquo;pers,&rdquo;
- which are used in
+ not referring to them in ways that conflict with that identity,
+ and using specific pronouns for it when those exist. If you
+ know someone wishes to be considered male, it is best to use
+ the masculine pronouns for him. If you know someone wishes to
+ be considered female, it is best to use the feminine pronouns
+ for her. Otherwise, use gender-neutral pronouns, since at
+ least they don't conflict with anyone's gender identity. One
+ choice is singular use of &ldquo;they,&rdquo;
+ &ldquo;them&rdquo; and &ldquo;their.&rdquo; Another choice uses
+ the gender-neutral singular pronouns, &ldquo;person,&rdquo;
+ &ldquo;per&rdquo; and &ldquo;pers,&rdquo; which are used in
<a href="/prep/maintain/maintain.html#About-This-Document">
Information for Maintainers of GNU Software</a>.
Other gender-neutral pronouns have also been used in English.
@@ -213,7 +215,7 @@ of this article.</p>
There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
-<p>Copyright &copy; 2018, 2019, 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
@@ -224,7 +226,7 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p>
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/10/06 08:00:33 $
+$Date: 2021/04/04 00:47:32 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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