You are now ready to add your favorite pronouns to Instagram, and I highly recommend that you do so even if you feel like you don’t really need it. The more people do this, the more we can normalize this behavior and improve the process of sharing and accepting pronouns for everyone.
As the University of North Carolina Wilmington Remarks::
Normalizing pronouns and using correct pronouns leads to the acceptance and destigmatization of people who “deviate” from traditionally used pronouns or pronouns that do not match their physical appearance or gender-specific name. It also removes the assumption that pronouns are only used by transgender individuals.
Specifying one’s own pronouns eliminates the need to explain a person’s correct pronouns and the notion that a person’s pronouns can be assumed based on their physical appearance or first name. When allies of the LGBTQIA + community participate in this practice, they signal queer people that they are allies and open the conversation for a queer person to give back their identity.
It takes a minute to set this up on Instagram, with one small caveat: you currently can’t do it through the Instagram website, a fact I finally realized after stumbling through various screens and not finding the option which all my friends had talk about.
To add your pronouns to your Instagram profile, simply launch the app on your iOS or Android device and tap your profile icon in the lower right corner. Tap on edit profile Shortcut, and you’ll see a new field for your pronouns. Tap it and you can choose up to four pronouns from a pre-filled list to show up on your profile:
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As you can see, you can also restrict this field to your followers if you want a little more privacy.
Since you have to choose from a pre-filled list of pronouns, it is possible that your particular pronouns may not be there. In that case, all you have to do is add them to your regular bio (like before). However, you can Let Instagram know What words would you prefer and you could add these at a later date.
If you don’t see the pronoun option on your Instagram profile, the feature may not have been made available to you yet. (It is being tested in some countries for now.) Stay tuned, add them to your regular bio in the meantime, and look for the official option in the near future. Perhaps by then we can see all the pronouns on the web-based version of Instagram as well.
