Gender pronouns are an essential aspect of a person’s identity. As a cis-gay or bisexual male, you may think that gender pronouns are irrelevant to you. However, it is important to understand why they matter, not just for others but for yourself as well.

As humans, we love categorising things, labelling them, and putting them in a box. Whether plants, animals, flavours, gender or sexuality, the walls of the boxes are changing and keeping up can be challenging.