Getting people’s pronouns right is a struggle when attending large events, even when those running and attending the events care about gender inclusivity. When I watch others struggle with pronouns at these events, it’s both a relief that I’m not alone and a disappointment that we are all so bad at this. Even in 2023, most events I attend don’t even have pronouns on name tags.1 Even when they do, we can rarely read someone’s third-person pronouns off their name tag when we need them...
