Fans Applaud Lopez’s Respect for Non-Binary Pronouns in Referring to Sister’s Child as “They”

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 Jennifer Lopez,took to Instagram on Monday to show support for her sister’s “child” and “their” accomplishment, while respectively using a gender-neutral pronoun.

“This is Brendan, my sister Leslie’s second child,” wrote Lopez. “They were the one person selected to represent their school at #globalyoungleadersconference in Washington, D.C. And I couldn’t be more proud! Brendan is strong and smart and loving and obviously a leader!! Titi Jenn loves you!”

The American Dialect Society named “they” as the Word of the Year in 2015. “New expressions of gender identity have generated a deal of discussion, and singular ‘they’ has become a particularly significant element of that conversation,” said Ben Zimmer, chair of the New Words Committee of the American Dialect Society.



Fans immediately noticed that J.Lo wrote “they” to refer to Brendan, which is generally used to describe gender-nonconforming persons. Some followers were not content or confused with the non-binary pronoun including controversial political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, who commented, “Is it a boy or a girl?”
However, many applauded the actress and singer for her choice of words. “Woooooo!!! @jlo good job using the gender pronouns they prefer, and not making a whole big thing about it. This is what we need more of! Love you even more now!” wrote one user.

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