It is often forgotten that many transgender people are opposed to pronoun declaration for a number of reasons. It draws needless attention to them when they just want to get on with their lives. It can have the effect of ‘outing’ people against their will, particularly if they are in the early stages of their transition. It creates a false impression that gender identity ideology is the norm, even though it is a belief system shared by relatively few. Most importantly – to return to my key point – compelled speech is a fundamentally illiberal prospect, one that should always be resisted.
