{"id":9501,"date":"2019-11-18T22:11:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T22:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=9501"},"modified":"2019-11-19T18:01:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T18:01:39","slug":"wcco-radio-student-danny-reinan-and-english-professor-john-schmit-discuss-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2019\/11\/18\/wcco-radio-student-danny-reinan-and-english-professor-john-schmit-discuss-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"WCCO Radio: Student Danny Reinan and English Professor John Schmit Discuss Pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/11\/75534866_2527337817485863_3178034610856525824_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9507 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/11\/75534866_2527337817485863_3178034610856525824_o-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"student Danny Reinan and Prof John Schmit on REAL Talk with Roshini.\" width=\"276\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/11\/75534866_2527337817485863_3178034610856525824_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/11\/75534866_2527337817485863_3178034610856525824_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/11\/75534866_2527337817485863_3178034610856525824_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/11\/75534866_2527337817485863_3178034610856525824_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a>The Real Talk with Roshini radio show featured Augsburg University student Danny Reinan and English Professor John Schmit.<\/p>\n<p>Reinan is a second-year student who has identified as non-binary transgender since 12. &#8220;I use pronouns they, them, theirs,&#8221; Reinan told host Roshini Rajkumar, during the November 17 live program. &#8220;When I use those pronouns, I need to be patient with people in my life; I try to educate them and understand that this is a process that&#8217;s still ongoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reinan told the WCCO audience that it&#8217;s best practice to just ask someone what pronouns they prefer\u00a0to avoid making any assumptions.<\/p>\n<p>The professor said that student pronouns are now in professors&#8217; official rosters at Augsburg. &#8220;We have to think about how people want to be referred to. It&#8217;s a simple matter of respect,&#8221; Schmit said. &#8220;We make assumptions sometimes.\u00a0You can&#8217;t tell just by looking at somebody what their pronouns or gender is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wccoradio.radio.com\/media\/audio-channel\/10-27-19-real-talk-roshini-2pm\">Listen to the WCCO segment here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Real Talk with Roshini radio show featured Augsburg University student Danny Reinan and English Professor John Schmit. Reinan is a second-year student who has identified as non-binary transgender since 12. &#8220;I use pronouns they, them, theirs,&#8221; Reinan told host Roshini Rajkumar, during the November 17 live program. &#8220;When I use those pronouns, I need &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9501"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9522,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9501\/revisions\/9522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}