#folx

[girlofshulam]

This is it 4 me folks

[annie-ave]

Look at this ad! Online subscription service for hormones and appointments within 3 days!

this is the worst timeline ugh. I can imagine gnc teenagers seeing something like this wanting it desperately, which is part of what makes me uncomfortable about the ✨I’m your family✨language🙁

[endlessnebula]

Folx or Folks?

folx

folks

Voting ended onAug 8, 2025

Folks or folx?

folx: a way of writing "folks" (= people) that emphasizes the fact that you intend the word to include all groups of people: There are a lot of folx who would disagree with me. Folx is meant to be a gender-neutral word that includes members of the LGBTQ community.

Folks: people in general. Informal, used as a friendly form of address to a group of people. The members of one's family, especially one's parents.

[fishmass]

woke onision: yum,an alt gay folxq

[archenemy-notfound]

PSA to straight and/or cis people:

ADDING A RANDOM “X” TO SHIT DOESN’T MAKE IT GENDER NEUTRAL. STOP.

[seraphic-sapphic-safehaven]

Dear Cis People,

Stop saying "folx." Stop saying "womxn" and "mxn." Stop saying "Latinx." Stop trying to be gender inclusive like this and attempting to make words gender neutral in the worst way possible.

Stop adding an "X" to words that are already inclusive of everyone, such as "folks"!

Stop adding "X" to words that don't need it because, newsflash, nonbinary people ARE NOT binary trans people! We are not binary men and women. We have terms like AFAB and AMAB to use instead of forcibly being lumped together with binary men and women! You wanna talk about women and AFAB enbies? SAY THAT! You wanna talk about men and AMAB enbies? SAY THAT! But please stop including us all together all the time!

Stop anglicizing languages like Spanish to make them gender neutral when there are better options, like saying "LatinE" or "Latin." And options like using an "E" instead of an "X" to neutralize gendered terms! Stop using an X when it literally doesn't make sense and is hard to pronounce anyway!

I get it; some of you wanna be inclusive of everyone. But this ain't it. It really is not. This isn't helping anyone and is so unnecessary. It is performative and, honestly, racist and transphobic/enbyphobic, whether it's intended or not. Please stop!! And PLEASE talk to actual nonbinary people on how to be gender inclusive towards us instead!!

[crowslunasidhe]

I've just been wondering, why do some people use "folx" when "folks" is already an inclusive, gender neutral term?

I'm not judging I'm genuinely curious. It's been a linguistic pattern that interests me. I just want to understand different people's reasons for using the particular spelling.

I'm all for inclusive language and want to learn all I can.

So please reblog with your reasons for why you do or do not use "folx" in your vocabulary. Your perspectives are highly appreciated.