For example, if run rampant, an ENS could tell me their pronouns are “Sir/Skipper” ????.One of the dudes in my airwing, circa 2015ish, was thought act gay, because of certain mannerisms or actions (I honestly don’t know the full story), hadn’t come out, had the callsign “gobbler”. They immediately changed his callsign (if I remember correctly) when he came out (while on cruise). Nobody gave an F that he was gay, the wardroom rightly supported him. He did his job.
You will hear jokes that maybe rub you the wrong way sometimes, I have to admit that as much as I’ve tried, “that’s gay” was something a lot of people (myself included, although I think I’ve removed it mostly from my lexicon) wove into their vernacular when they were children. Just like “that’s retarded”. Doesn’t mean I dislike gay or retarded people in any way. Someday (maybe even today) “that’s so Cis-male” will be the insult ??. Someone is doing their job, don’t care what they’re doing in their free time. I’ve even learned personally as a simulator instructor to be less assuming, and instead of asking if they had a wife, if they had a partner or roommate (when inquiring why a specific student’s study habits were so bad; I personally always used my gf in flight school to quiz me on boldface etc).
I’ve seen several openly gay students come through the VT I’m a sim instructor at, and was a flight instructor at, haven’t heard or seen any negative treatment of them, or negative talk of them because of their sexuality. It’s 2023 bro.
Now if you demand your IP to refer to you as Xim/Xer, while that’s the new thing, I can’t promise a favorable response? I highly doubt anyone would fail you or grade you worse as a result, it would be the entitlement that they would have a problem with. We’re military. I’m not poking fun at trans folks, I know there are some. I’m just saying that none of us instructors talk to each other about the sexuality of our students (I haven’t seen any). Requesting special pronouns might cause a conversation?
I’m joking obviously, for anyone that can’t tell.