Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-46111060-20200617020808/@comment-45440386-20200617051335

I'm not even a fan of this franchise being as this is my first time hearing about it in my entire life, but I honestly think it's pretty mean that those of us who come here aren't allowed to use the character Arashi's desired pronouns. Even some people I know who are trans themselves have stated that no pronouns is even worse than using the wrong pronouns because at least some people who misgender someone do so by accident. (Unless they're doing it just to be a jerk.) But in this case you're either limited to "they" or "it". ("They" being more plural or gender-neutral which can be seen as defeminizing to trans women while "it" is known for being the preferred pronouns for lifeless objects, not living beings like humans.)

Honestly, I know Arashi isn't real, but hypothetically speaking, if we were referring to a real person instead of a fictional character, wouldn't we trigger said person's dysphoria and make him or her feel even worse about themselves? Transgender people are statistically more likely to commit suicide out of self loathing than Cis people.

Welcome to pride month, everybody. This thing happens every year. I just hope my own input has opened up a lot of minds and hearts.