Writing Center Statement:
As an equal opportunity institution, the University of Maine Writing Center exercises the right to honor personal pronoun preference in our composition and publication to avoid gender biased and exclusive language. In accordance with the University's Nondiscrimination Policy and Nonsexist Language Policy, this includes a student's right to their personal pronoun preferences: (she/her, he/his, ze/zir, they/their), and includes the use of they as a singular pronoun and ze/zir pronouns.
Personal Statement:
As a student of the University of Maine, an equal opportunity institution, I exercise the right to use gender inclusive language (singular they, ze/zir) in accordance with the University's Nondiscrimination Policy and Nonsexist Language Policy.