Have you heard of the gender neutral honorific title Mx?

I have heard of it. I am just not sure when to use it. And given that it took Ms. a good twenty years to be considered somewhat acceptable, but still not at all universal, I don’t see it becoming widespread very quickly.

And, the use of honorifics is falling by the wayside.

I know that many of the native American nations recognize four genders. Whether they have an appellation for each I dpn’t know. And for every form that I’ve filled out in the past few years Ms has been an option on the dropdown list, so I’d say that it pretty much has bern accepted in the mainstream. I really don’t know if we need to keep the distinction. It kind of seems proper somehow. Courteous and formal

I was literally laughed at and reported to my boss when I asked a client if they would be bringing their partner to an event. (It was +1 optional, significant others only)

Apparently he was insulted I didn’t assume he had a wife, as opposed to a girlfriend, boyfriend, fiancé(e), or husband.

While no one likes gender neutral terms more than I do, I agree it would take a lot of time before that catch on.

I’m not particularly a fan of Mx. because I don’t know how to pronounce it.

@Seek miks or muks apparently. I like Mix better as it alludes to a mixed gender.

Hello, is Mix Mitchell available?

Sounds like someone trying to hire a 90s hip hop DJ.

I’m curious as to how the majority of transgender people feel about this. I’m assuming that it was originated by some members of the trans community, but how does the rest of the community feel about it?

Do they find it useful or feel that they can do without it?

The main reason I’m curious about that is because the word “queer” is being “reclaimed” by many younger members of the LGBT community. They proudly describe themselves as queer and feel it takes the sting out of its former derogatory usage as an insult.

However, MOST older members don’t buy into it and think it’s still insulting.

I have no idea how most transgender people feel about mx or if they’re even aware of it.

Maybe we should go to the Japanese method of having gender neutral honorifics.

John Smith san is like saying Mr John Smith, Friendly formal
John Smith sama is more respectful and treats the person in an elevated manner
John Smith sensei is like calling the person teacher or professor or doctor
John Smith kun is friendly, informal, like saying buddy.
John Smith chan is usually referred to children, like saying kid.

There are more but these are most common. All are gender neutral.

Phew, I thought it was going to be some “gender equality” thing pushing political correctness even further into the ludicrous level.

Honestly, just call them whatever gender they identify as, you’ll get used to it.

I don’t particularly care for gender neutral terms, it’s kind of silly IMO but I’ll call you by whatever you want to be called. Does not really concern me that much unless someone gets offended by me calling them Mr, Mrs, wife, husband….

One place I do see Mx being useful is when applying for a job. HR does not even need to know what your gender/orientation is.

I don’t care for any of those prefixes really. But if I had to choose, I think it’d be a cool addition. And anyone can use it regardless of gender, right?

So, if you call someone out as being different because they want you to, you’re sensitive.
If you call someone out as being different because they are, you’re a bigot.

Honestly, I think we need less labels, not more.
If it’s a business setting, why do you need to know the sex (or sexual identity) of the other party?
If it’s a social setting, can’t you more or less eyeball it?

Pardon my political incorrectness, but why the hell would I need to know the gender identity of a person I’m not on a first name basis with, Mx. Smith?