Disclaimer: cis man here. just here to understand and learn, not to troll anyone. :transshork-happy:
I genuinely would like someone to explain to me why claiming/using pronouns for non-binary people is viewed as so important. I have nothing against that but, and I know it can sound like a chud argument, it seems "low priority" to me and I do not understand why some fight so hard for this. I mean fighting against discrimination, M4A to help people transitioning, the fact that 40% of the homeless youth in the US is LGBT, ... seem like more important fights to me.
And I know fighting for pronouns and the things I just listed is not incompatible. Still, I would be curious to know the history of how the pronouns became a revendication in the first place, and why they became such a big topic.
I was discussing this with a friend who pointed out that naming things is the very first step to recognizing they exist, the importance of linguistics in the way mentalities evolve. I also think it's something that libs in power can implement happily, appearing to fight actively for the community, without addressing the more complex issues. But neither of us really identifies as non-binary so I thought the best way to know more was to ask you directly.
PS: trans right are human rights
Disclaimer cis
I think that the reason you hear so much about it in particular as a trans issue is because it's one of the things the right really likes to insult or generally be chudy about, because that's so often attacked it's only natural that it's a point you hear them defend a lot.