#ind.

I see all these cool titles for people of all genders and I think they’re awesome! For me, though, aside from a job title, like Joybringer or Cleric, I’d rather not have one in interactions. Calling me a friend is fine, or using a term of endearment, but I don’t much care for honorifics. No Mr., no Ms., no Mx., you know? Okay, maybe something like Per. or Ind. would be alright, because that would mean I’m an entity to be treated with respect via being given human rights, but I don’t like anything that feels to me personally like someone’s putting me above themselves. I want to feel like an equal. Maybe I could invent my own based on that, if I don’t warm up to any of the others. No one can say I can’t.

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