the Mx People (Illinois)

My new penpal Kimberly sent me this truly charming postcard! I love it so much. I’ve been teaching my students for a while now about the “Mx.” social title which is intended for all human beings regardless of gender. The current binary system in English is overly complicated and exclusionary (“Mr.” vs. “Ms.” or if you’re very old-fashioned “Mrs” or “Miss”), so I have been supporting the movement away from silly gendered social titles and toward all-gender titles if we must have them at all. Sadly, I haven’t yet seen it used in the US yet but I hope it will be soon!