Youth Radio’s Desmond Meagley doesn’t identify as as male or female. So when it comes to pronouns, people are often confused. When I tell someone my preferred pronouns are they/them/their, I never ...

Talk about belated recognition. At its meeting in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 7, the American Dialect Society voted to make the 600-year-old pronoun "they" their word of the year for 2015. Or more ...

There’s a debate among wordsmiths over something called the "singular they". That’s the gender-neutral pronoun, an alternative to the pronouns "he" and "she". An example: A parent wants their child to ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. They is here. Two major style manuals are now allowing the singular use of “they” in certain circumstances. While this is a ...

“When you talk about me to other people, could you call me ‘they’?” That comment carries the central point of “A Singular They,” which ended its Blank Theatre run last weekend — and will linger in the ...

To the editor: The only issue I have with the acceptance of the singular “they” is that it is not used with a singular verb. Without exception, the examples provided in Jen Manion’s op-ed article ...

This week, I was at a dinner party with a dozen or so accomplished journalists. There are many things I enjoy about hanging out with journalists, including (but in no way limited to): (a) they ask ...

I am your stereotypical cisgender middle-aged suburban dad. I dabble in woodworking, take out the garbage, and covet my neighbor’s Porsche. Though I do think men should wear makeup (it looks nice!), ...