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Gender Neutral Pronoun Usage Table:
Female
Male
Gender
Neutral
Spivak
Subject
Object
Possessive
Pronoun
Hers
His
Hirs
Reflexive
Her
Him
Hir
Possessive
Adjective
Her
His
Hir
She
He
Ze
E
Em
Eir
Eirs
Emself
Herself
Himself
Hirself
How to pronounce gender neutral pronouns:
Ze
/zee/
Hir
/here/
Hirs
Hirself
E
/heres/ /hereself/ /ee/
Em
/em/
Eir
/air/
Eirs Emself
/airs/ /emself/
Examples of how to use these pronouns:
She went to her bedroom.
He went to his bedroom.
Ze went to hir bedroom.
E went to eir bedroom.
I am her sister.
I am his sister.
I am hir sister
I am eir sister.
She shaves herself.
He shaves himself.
Ze shaves hirself.
E shaves emself.
This is an abbreviated version of a terminology sheet was created by Eli R. Green (eli@transacademics.org) and Eric N. Peterson at the LGBT Resource Center at UC Riverside ! 20032004 , with additional input from www.wikipedia.org and many kind people who helped use
create and revise these definitions. This sheet is always a work in progress so please be sure to
check the Instructional Materials section of Trans-Academics.org for updated versions. Please
feel free to alter, use or pass on as needed but be sure to give credit to the original creators. Any
updates or corrections can be submitted to eli@trans-academics.org. Thank you. !