[Ads-l] "Mx."

[Nancy Friedman]

The New York Times published a feature about "Mx." in June 2015, and has
been using the gender-nonspecific honorific occasionally ever since.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/style/me-myself-and-mx.html?searchResultPosition=9



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On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 7:24 AM James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
wrote:

> In an on-line solicitation to send an email to NJ Governor Murphy about
> ending solitary confinement, there was an entry for Salutation which
> offered the following options:
>
> Mr.
> Mrs.
> Ms   (note, no period)
> Miss
> Dr.
> Mx.  (note the period)
>
> "Mx." is a new one on me.  I guess it has something to do with sexual
> orientation.  Is it common/nonce/being widely advocated or what?
>
> And if you have a doctorate, are you above showing your sexual orientation?
>
> - Jim Landau (who is fuddy-duddy enough to stick with "Mr.")
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