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Coming this September, in addition to adding/editing a preferred name, you will also be able to enter personal pronouns, gender and prefix as well. For a current list of proposed possibilities, please refer to the following options:
Pronouns
- She, her, hers, herself
“She is a writer and wrote that book herself. Those ideas are hers. I like both her and her ideas.” - He, him, his, himself
“He is a writer and wrote that book himself. Those ideas are his. I like both him and his ideas.” - They, them, theirs, themselves
“They are a writer and wrote that book themselves. Those ideas are theirs." - Ze, hir, hirs, hirself
“Ze is a writer and wrote that book hirself. Those ideas are hirs.” - No pronouns - Use my name
“Alex is a writer and wrote that book. Those ideas are Alex's." - Prefer not to answer
- Unknown
| So instead of… | you may use… | which is pronounced… |
| he/she | Zie/Ze | “see” |
| him/her | hir | “here” |
| his/hers | hirs | “here’s” |
| himself/herself | hirself | “here-self” |
Prefixes
- Blank
- Dr
- Hon
- Mr.
- Ms.
- Mrs.
- Miss
- Mx.Imam
- Miss
- Mr
- Mrs
- Ms
- Mx
- Prof
- Rabbi
- Rev
- Rev Dr
- Sen
Gender
*Binary options are still the default. Variations are under consideration.
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Comments, thoughts, and recommendations are all welcome. Please submit to PNPGAC@syrPGPNAC@syr.edu.