Pronouns

[jack]

"When John was a woman, [he/she/they] said '...' " Which pronoun do you prefer? (That is, "he" is appropriate for John now, "she" would be appropriate for what John was then, and "they" would specify the ambiguity.)

"The things God or Jesus [was/were] recorded as saying are ..." Which pronoun do you prefer? (That is, do you treat them as two separate people (were)? Or one person (was)? :))

Obviously both are arbitrary, and I think both sufficiently specialised that most people wouldn't mind which you used, I just wondered if anyone had a strong opinion :)

Comments

[ravingglory.livejournal.com]

I belive my trans friends prefer to use the pronoun aporate to their true gender to refer to their pre-transition selves, on the ground that they where that gender then, they just didn't know/ weren't able to express it.

I'm big believer in calling people want they want to be called. I don't know what G-d and Jesus want to be called though.