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Your Aunt needs help adjusting her language to non-binary

Discussion in 'Gender Identity and Expression' started by DecentOne, Apr 27, 2022.

  1. DecentOne

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    Hi all,
    I was in conversation with a woman who said her nephew (or niece) was starting to use they/them pronouns, and she wanted to be a loving and embracing Aunt.

    But she didn’t know what word to use in place of niece or nephew for a non-binary relative. I didn’t know either, so I thought I’d ask here.

    By the way, if this is your Aunt she is really supportive!!
     
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    S'gotta go portmanteau... niephew?
     
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    Thanks @Samuel23
    I have passed this along to the wonderful Aunt!
    I also like the alternative suggestion: sibkid