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Neopronouns in Fandom
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Neopronouns are third-person singular pronouns beyond the traditional pronouns of a given language. They are typically gender neutral.
Neopronouns in Canon
(Trying to limit to canon with fandom presence.)
- Beelzebub from Good Omens (word of god, never in-text) - ze/zir
Character Headcanons
Real People & Neopronouns
Neopronouns are also used by both fans within fandom, as well as creators and other folks related to fandom, such as maia arson crimew (it/its), Dua Saleh from Sex Education (they/xe), and Haley Whipjack from Unprepared Casters (any/all)
Example Fanworks
Fanfiction
- Yesteryear, Today, & Tomorrow by Leslie Fish (Star Trek: TOS, 1978) - huius
- The Princess Tapes anthology (Star Wars: Original Trilogy, 1981-1982) - hir
- FoxTrot by Farthingale (Earth: Final Conflict, 2004) - fhe/hir
- Passing of an Individualist by Nicola Mody (Blake's 7, 2006) - e/em
- Snow in Autumn by Cerberusia (Fruits Basket, 2006) - hir
- The DI Dances by draegonhawke (Doctor Who/Life on Mars, 2007) - sie/hir
- The Gender Ninja of Oz by ErinPtah (Wizard of Oz, 2010) - zie/hir
- Old Habits by skazka (The Sandman, 2010) - ey/em
- Spoctoria by screamlet and waldorph (Star Trek: AOS, 2010-2011) - ze/hir
- All This Clatter (Between My Ears) by orphan_account (Harry Potter, 2012-2013) - ze/hir, ey/em
- boxes were meant to be opened by orphan_account (Teen Wolf, 2013) - xe/xem/xer
- Mixed Messages by quizzicallyqueer (Homestuck, 2014) - xe/xyr
- a poet's weapon by Flowerparrish (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, 2022) - kaysh (from the Mando'a conlang)
- "My Gender is Clone." by Shadowmatic (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, 2024) - vod (from the Mando'a conlang)