Exploring the Connection Between Attitudes Toward Transgender Individuals and Pronoun Use to Describe Transgender Individuals

Negative attitudes toward transgender individuals (ATTI) may affect usage of transgender individuals’ chosen pronouns. Results from two studies exploring ATTI and pronoun use were inconsistent; one finds that individuals with positive ATTI used the correct pronouns more than individuals with negative ATTI, while another produced non-significant results. Implications are discussed.