Chicken Wing is female

[chikn 130]

For those of you that don't know me, hi I'm Chicken Wing. I am a s75 first gen, so I am still fairly new to the VHL community. There has been some talk about the use of pronouns considering the new update in settings where you can now include your preferred pronoun you would like others to use. Now I have not yet done this, but do plan on it, as I recommend for you to also do, so people can properly use the correct pronoun you would like to be addressed by. 

 

Starting off, as I feel a lot of you still do not know, I am in fact a girl. I say I do not think a lot of you know this because I don't believe I have read a single article where I haven't been referred to as he/him. Now I am not offended by this as a majority of the people in VHL are guys so I understand this assumption; though considering the fact that I am female, I would prefer to be addressed as she/her.

 

Now I have been thinking about writing about this for a while but I wasn't really sure how to start it off until I was inspired by @fishy's article. They mention the difference between gender and sex which I found to be very inspiring and educational. 

 

So ending off, I am happy to be a part of the minority in VHL as there aren't many females, such as myself. So again, please refer to me as she/her when mentioning me.

 

Thanks for reading

 

@fishy I hope you don't mind the little advertising of your article LOL

 

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[Blazzer 759]

What a way to make this known. I just waited it out until people actually asked haha

Great article

[Banackock 8,048]

Cool to know more about you. I knew you were a female/girl/woman member though. Don’t matter to me. You’re a member and a person! Happy to have you here. 
 

Stay healthy, happy and safe.  

[fishy 1,757]

Hi! I'm glad you found the snippet I posted informative - that was one of the hopes!

 

Like Bana, I was actually aware that you were female (I'm not really sure how tbh), but it's great that you shared this so that folks who didn't know this have something to refer to. 

 

I do think that player & user gender are separate. Luckily, user gender is really easy to share and navigate now that the we have the pronouns feature built into the forums. Player gender, however, is much more difficult to share and establish. It can be somewhat difficult to remember which fake hockey players are male and which are female especially when they don't have traditional names (e.g., Chicken Wing). User and player genders also aren't always the same (like Bana). I'd encourage you to correct people when they're wrong but have grace with those who will forget/continue to be wrong. 

 

Happy holidays!