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Rolling pronouns?
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Ah thanks. I guess asking is always the correct answer! i was thinking more about how one goes about referencing those that you can not ask i.e. people you read about online or in the news. I think I'll be a tiny bit more confident going forward, thank you.
If you can't ask and you don't have a way to know, I'd just use either they or whatever they put first if they do have them listed. I have known 3 people in my life who were "she" and then "she/they" and then "they/she" and then are now just "they", kinda a comfort thing for them. They start out trying they, realize they like it enough that they want it to be primary, and then eventually are just like fuck it I don't need the she anymore. So it helps to ask and be okay with being corrected since I think it's rare that someone instantly fully understands their gender now and forever, for a lot of folks it's a more fluid thing.