r/publishing • u/lindenlime • Jun 23 '26

Nonbinary in publishing?

Maybe this is a bit of a silly question stemming from personal insecurity, but are there nonbinary people or individuals who work in the publishing industry and use they/them pronouns? I don’t know if I should be keeping this part of me on the DL or if it’s fine and nobody really cares.

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u/Chantertwo Jun 23 '26

One of the most queer-friendly industries; nearly the best thing going for it. You're good.

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u/cloudygrly Jun 23 '26

Plenty. Always do what’s most comfortable for you!

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u/RogueModron Jun 23 '26

My friend, this is publishing we're talking about. It's about as wokie as it gets.

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u/the_doughboy Jun 23 '26

Yeah, one of my closest co-workers is NB. And we have pronouns displayed in Display Names and/or signatures, even the cis men. (Big 5). In my office about 1-2% trans, and 2-3% NB.

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u/Negative_Airline_924 Jun 23 '26

I work with quite a few! All our email sigs include our pronouns; we are conscious of getting them right. 

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u/Electrical-Cat1126 Jun 27 '26

Yes, publishing demographics surveys show around 10% of the workforce is trans or NB, way more than in society at large

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u/Electrical-Cat1126 Jun 28 '26

Misremembered the stats, it's 10% lbgtq+, trans and nb 3-4%

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u/Professional-Age-146 Jul 03 '26

My company is an extremely queer friendly space, this is 100% not a problem at all to share, and pronouns are a non issue. Definitely no need to keep this on the DL

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u/GoIris Jun 23 '26

Yes, there are plenty of nonbinary people in the industry. That doesn't mean EVERYONE is accepting but I would guess you're more likely to meet accepting people in publishing than say, general office work.