A Note on Pronouns and Honorifics

I will often be using the capitalized word "Soul" as a pronoun at this site. This will replace the common English gendered pronouns such as him, her, his, hers, he, she, and so on.

Genders are a subjective part of the human identity, and their assignment, use and definitions are — to say the least — heavily influenced by the societies that our souls inhabit. Yet the soul has no gender, and souls are my target audience here, and in the Kinship.

As I respect any soul's choice to use given names, chosen monikers and bespoke avatars, the use of those identities will be initially notified to the reader by the honorifics "Giv." (for given name), "Mon." (for a chosen moniker), and "Av." (for a created avatar).

If I happen to be aware of these or other preferred pronouns and honorifics of someone I am referring to, I will use the pronoun or honorific they prefer. If I ever get it wrong, I will correct it. Prior knowledge of how each soul prefers each of their identities to be labelled is impractical, and I believe we should strive to refer to one another in ways that are inherently respectful and in ways that actively shun coercion.

For those who find these norms to be disquieting or difficult to accept, I can only apologize that our societies' norms have been frozen in amber for centuries, unwilling to acknowledge even those advancements and enlightenments that are now quite obvious. That very problem is, in no small part, why we find ourselves in our present circumstances.