Rolling pronouns


Rolling pronouns, or rotating pronouns, is the use of multiple personal pronouns that can be used alternately or shift over time. They are usually used by non-binary, transfeminine, and transmasculine people, and are usually used to signify their connection with their gender identity while affirming their identity.

Use

Rolling pronouns are usually used by non-binary, transfeminine, and transmasculine people, and the people that use them usually encourage others to rotate or mix them when speaking to or referring to them. The pronouns are meant to signify their connection with their gender identity, while affirming their non-binary identity. Likewise, rolling pronouns are necessary for genderfluid people to affirm their fluctuating gender identity. For instance, writer and podcast host Ada Powers uses she and they pronouns and as expressed: "I identify as a woman, but also as nonbinary. I don't feel womanhood tells my full story, but I'm not fully divested from it, either.".
According to the 2020 Gender Census, around a third of transgender and non-binary people preferred to use two sets of pronouns, and over 10% stated that they liked three or even more sets. The LGBTQ Nation magazine has argued that by rolling pronouns were becoming more common as a growing amount of young people identified as non-binary. Some use pronounfluid or multipronominal to describe this experience.

People

Some celebrities or notable people that use rolling pronouns include the following: