Naomh Pol News Issue 2

Hi everyone, my name is Hannah Brennan. My pronouns are she/her and I’m a year 13
student. I want to tell you a bit about gender expression so everyone is more aware!
Many people today express themselves through gender identities. Here are a few of them,
but not all, because gender is a wide spectrum.
Someone who identifies as transgender identifies as the opposite gender that they were
assigned at birth. A cis-gender person is someone who identifies as the original gender they
were given at birth. Someone who is non-binary or gender fluid is someone that sits outside,
within, across or between the labels ‘male’ and ‘female’.
Now, there are several ways a person can express their identity but the main one is
pronouns! Pronouns are the terms you use to refer to someone, for example, she/her,
he/him, they/them etc. Many people are used to using she/her or he/him pronouns but a
lot of people feel more comfortable using pronouns such as she/they and he/them. It is
really important that if someone is using she/they or he/they pronouns, that you respect
that person’s pronouns because they are just as valid as yours or anyone elses!
Sam Smith identifies as they/them
Elliot Page (Formerly Ellen Page)
identifies as he/him, they/them