All brands should offer an ‘Mx’ option on online forms for non-binary people like me
Twitter to adding the title.This felt like a massive win, and proof that my campaigning for non-binary inclusivity is working.Argos were actually the brand who inadvertently started my campaign, Include Mx, which made the moment particularly special.
The campaign celebrates brands that include the gender-neutral title Mx, and encourages those that don’t, to add the title.I did this because, back in the fairly early days of the pandemic – when we all started relying more heavily on online delivery of household items – I had to buy some bits from Argos.
But their form only had ‘Mr’, ‘Mrs’, ‘Miss’, ‘Ms’ and ‘Dr’, and it required you to select a title.It’s never a nice experience being forced into misgendering yourself – I knew this more than most.I realised I was non-binary in 2017, at the tail end of my quarter life crisis.
I’d had upheaval in my professional and personal life, moved house twice and broke my phone for good measure.It was during a period of unemployment and starting therapy that helped me reflect on my own identity and led to an epiphany in around March that year where I realised I was non-binary.
