Goonhub
04-12-2021, 05:57 AM
The important thing about neopronouns is they allow people to exercise their right to self identification. The typical pronouns we use are one for each side of the gender binary (she/her and he/him) and then one set for all the genders that are possible outside of that binary (they/them).
Obviously this doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room for non-binary and gender nonconforming folks. A lot of them don't feel that they/them properly captures who they are while others are concerned with confusing people over the typical plural interpretation of they/them. Another reason too is that some folks come from places where their native language doesn't include gendered pronouns so they're more comfortable using the pronouns of their mother tongue.
Obviously this means that we'll need a fair few roles to pull this off. On this note I'd like to point out a great Discord bot that a lot of LGBTQ Discord servers use for this.
His name is Carl and he's adorable
https://carl.gg/
Among many other things he allows up to 250 custom roles that can be applied via reacting to posts you set up with him. This way we won't have to fuss with Discord's default role system to make this work and we'll be able to add a lot more neopronouns than just 3. Since it's pretty unlikely for us to add 250 neopronouns this also means we'd have a ton of extra space for gimmick roles too : O
There's a lot of good stuff in there, I highly recommend giving it a look.
Obviously this doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room for non-binary and gender nonconforming folks. A lot of them don't feel that they/them properly captures who they are while others are concerned with confusing people over the typical plural interpretation of they/them. Another reason too is that some folks come from places where their native language doesn't include gendered pronouns so they're more comfortable using the pronouns of their mother tongue.
Obviously this means that we'll need a fair few roles to pull this off. On this note I'd like to point out a great Discord bot that a lot of LGBTQ Discord servers use for this.
His name is Carl and he's adorable
https://carl.gg/
Among many other things he allows up to 250 custom roles that can be applied via reacting to posts you set up with him. This way we won't have to fuss with Discord's default role system to make this work and we'll be able to add a lot more neopronouns than just 3. Since it's pretty unlikely for us to add 250 neopronouns this also means we'd have a ton of extra space for gimmick roles too : O
There's a lot of good stuff in there, I highly recommend giving it a look.