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Fans And Followers Appreciate Jennifer Lopez’s Use Of Gender Neutral Pronouns

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As if we needed any more reasons to love Jennifer Lopez, aside from her fabulous sense of style and chart-topping hits, she’s now giving us one more. The World of Dance star 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!”

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.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

By Thatiana Diaz

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