This is an interesting point of view worth meditating on. I have the privilege of working in an extremely progressive environment where sharing pronouns is the norm. We do it all the time, very regularly, in case someone’s pronoun changes.

I do, however, see the point of this article. If you’re in the closet or you’re simply not sure, being asked to share your pronoun can be uncomfortable. The best solution I have to this problem is to simply give folks the choice: “Okay, let’s go around the room an introduce ourselves. Names, pronouns, what you ate for breakfast. You don’t have to share pronouns and breakfast if you don’t feel like it.” Of course, by refusing to share, a person may be nonverbally admitting that they are questioning.

So there’s no solution to this that I can think of off the bat. I do, however, think it’s an improvement to society when we regularly ask for pronouns. Pronouns should be included on nametags just like names. It’s simply asking people, “What would you like me to call you?” Because everyone has the right to be called what they want to be called!