Itchy sweaters: An ally’s guide to understanding late-in-life pronoun and gender changes

My middle-aged adult friend just announced they are a different gender than I thought they were, and asked me to use a new name and new pronouns for them. Why are they just realizing this now? They never seemed to react badly to their original name, gender, and pronouns before. Was it really bothering them … Continue reading Itchy sweaters: An ally’s guide to understanding late-in-life pronoun and gender changes