Pronouns are now available in Identity.UW.
Pronouns are now available in your MyUW profile and Zoom.
Upcoming pronoun integrations: UW Canvas, MyUW class lists; exact date TBD.
Pronoun indicators make sharing, displaying, and learning pronouns easier. Many people use them online, in person, on buttons and elsewhere to refer to the pronouns they or someone else goes by — e.g. “Hi, I’m Sam, and I use they/them pronouns”.
Select a pronoun indicator to learn more about its use:
Description: A pronoun indicator for she pronouns.
Forms:
| Pronoun indicator | Nominative (subject) | Objective (object) | Possessive determiner | Possessive pronoun | Reflexive |
| she/her |
She wrote an article. |
I cited her. |
Her article won an award. |
That research is hers. |
She cited herself. |
Alternate formats: she, her; she/her/hers; she or her
Description: A pronoun indicator for he pronouns.
Forms:
| Pronoun indicator | Nominative (subject) | Objective (object) | Possessive determiner | Possessive pronoun | Reflexive |
| he/him |
He wrote an article. |
I cited him. |
His article won an award. |
That research is his. |
He cited himself. |
Alternate formats: he, him; he/him/his; he or him
Description: A pronoun indicator for singular they pronouns.
Forms:
| Pronoun indicator | Nominative (subject) | Objective (object) | Possessive determiner | Possessive pronoun | Reflexive |
| they/them |
They wrote an article. |
I cited them. |
Their article won an award. |
That research is theirs. |
They cited themself. |
Alternate formats: they, them; they/them/theirs; they or them
Description: A pronoun indicator for she or singular they pronouns.
Forms: same as for she/her and they/them.
Alternate formats: she/her/they/them; she or they; she/her or they/them
Description:A pronoun indicator for he or singular they pronouns.
Forms: same as for he/him and they/them.
Alternate formats: he/him/they/them; he or they
Description: A pronoun indicator for singular they or she pronouns.
Forms: same as for they/them and she/her.
Alternate formats: they or she; they/them or she/her
Description: A pronoun indicator for singular they or he pronouns.
Forms: same as for they/them and he/him.
Alternate formats: they or he; they/them or he/him
Description: A pronoun indicator for singular they or any other pronouns.
Forms: same as for they/them and any other pronouns.
Description: A pronoun indicator for any or all pronouns.
Forms: same as for any other pronouns.
Alternate formats: Any pronouns
It isn’t clear that a single pronoun indicator is used widely and across many contexts by people who want to invite others to ask them about their pronouns. “Ask me my pronouns”, “ask me about my pronouns”, and (abbreviated) “ask me my prns” are examples. More time and further innovations in language expression and formatting may result in a short pronoun indicator whose semantics are widely known and shared. (Pioneers, do your thing!)
It isn’t clear that a single pronoun indicator is used widely and across many contexts by people to indicate to others not to use any pronouns when referring to them. Some individuals use “No pronouns”, while others use “no prns”, by itself or combined with other pronoun indicators, “any/no prns”, “he/it/no prns”.
Non-english, heritage language, and bilingual speakers use pronoun indicators too, sometimes in combination with English pronoun indicators. For example, “she/ella” or “they/el” (both with Spanish third person pronouns) or “she/they/siya” (with Tagalog third-person singular gender-fluid pronoun).
Pronoun indicators are often used when sharing neopronouns, as well as nounself and emojiself pronouns. As with other new or rare words, pronoun indicators for neopronouns may vary.