[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Yes ‘they’ or ‘them’ is a plural, minefield for anyone learning a language especially when you can’t identify by just looking at the person

There was a guy in Sunday politics today who referred to Sam Smith as a hero, then he backtracked to say well he couldn’t actually call them that because that inferred they were male, so even the woke people have issues with it

You could also argue that the word "Hero" get's thrown around , when the original meaning of the word was someone who's done something outstanding ,brave and usually risked their life for others in a selfless way.

Then with the whole sexism thing, people tried to call Female role models "heroine" ,but i don't think we always need to be soo specific about male & female pronouns when it comes to that as a female can still be called a hero i would say .

So i just think of Sam smith as an attention seeker who's clinging to another label .