Like some other colleges these days, the University of Michigan is bowing to progressive convention and letting students who don’t want to be referred as either “he” or “she” pick their own gender pronouns. Whatever they choose determines the way professors and other staff at the school will address them.
While the whole exercise it meant to allow students to re-identify as any one of dozens of obscure genders (like agender, cisgender, etc), some students are having a bit of fun with the challenge. One student, Grant Strobl, seemed to have sparked a mini movement by officially changing his preferred pronoun to “His Majesty.” Here are some of the other ways students now want to be addressed.
My new identity is His Majesty Grant Strobl, what’s yours? After you update WolverineAccess, tweet to #UMPronounChallenge! @YAF @YAFUMich
— Grant Strobl (@grantstrobl) September 28, 2016
I now identify as a tiger 🐯 #UMPronounChallenge https://t.co/lCbjgD8THG
— Amy Lutz (@amylutz4) September 28, 2016
I identify with our classical progenitors #UMPronounChallenge @YAF pic.twitter.com/G7bHgqUANU
— Scott (@alopex_rex) September 29, 2016
I chose “she” bc that’s my ID. I didn’t use the “other” option to make fun of ppl bc then I would’ve had to put “asshole”#UMPronounChallenge
— Liz? (@jetfuelliz) September 28, 2016
#UMPronounChallenge I identify as a unicorn now. I love 2016! @grantstrobl @yaf @Y_A_Freedom pic.twitter.com/BZlF5fwGIf
— Peter Van Voorhis (@RepublicanPeter) September 28, 2016
I’ll go with “Go Bucks, Michigan always sucks!” #UMPronounChallenge https://t.co/LcmdIfK8lQ https://t.co/sW4ALWr5oR
— Yohanes Sulaiman (@YohanesSulaiman) September 29, 2016
@grantstrobl @yaf @YAFUMich “The Greatest of All Time”#UMPronounChallenge pic.twitter.com/8JDhNms0rm
— Shane Reed (@ranesheed) September 28, 2016
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