Use of preferred gender pronouns indicates expanding acceptance of transgender people – The Washington Post

When you don’t know a person’s preferred gender, asking for their preferred gender pronoun (pgp) can feel a bit awkward at first (it was for me and I am transgender).  But that’s often the way it is with new and different experiences.  My awkward feelings were over quickly.  There is no dignity for either party when someone is referred to as “it”.

–Leo