What's the proper pronoun for a person in drag?

[MrCoffee]

Do you refer to them as she if it's a guy in women's clothing?

Is this an insensitive post? i don't want to insult anyone, i just don't know.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

1. "She" nt

[Left Is Write]

I would refer to a man in drag as "she" unless she told me not to.

[JackBeck]

2. She. And refer to her by her name (if she has one).

Not by her male name.

You're not being insensitive. Feel free to ask.

[ohiosmith]

3. "I don't want to insult anyone." Who are you and what have you done with

MrCoffee?

[MrCoffee]

4. let me fix that...i don't want to insult anyone other than ohiosmith.

[ohiosmith]

5. Damn man! Don't do shit like that. It weirds me out.

[Richard Steele]

6. Yes, the personal pronoun matches the OUTFIT. nm

[sakabatou]

7. Depends on the venue

[MrCoffee]

8. oh come on...we almost had unanimous consent!

how does it depend on the venue? when would you/would you not refer to someone in drag as the sex of the outfit?

[sakabatou]

10. Cosplayer as conventions

[LeftyMom]

9. The one that person prefers.

Generally I would listen for the person to refer to themselves in a way that implies thier gender identity and failing that I would ask. "How would you prefer to be addressed?" is not an unreasonable or offensive question

[johnnie]

11. What happens if

It's a guy in women's clothing, but is in the men's bathroom at the urinal :shrug:

[billyskank]

12. I was thinking the other day that we need a new pronoun

for referring to a person but not in the specific: that is, when you don't know which individual you are referring to; and one that does not specify gender.

Basically I mean a word that is a synonym for "he or she", but is less hassle to say and write, and is not "it" (which indicates an inanimate object rather than a person).

How come we don't have one already?