Uplift Trans*

Although many trans* folk (on the tumblr scene, at least!) may have a while before needing such a pronoun, I stumbled upon this, and felt it needs to be spread. The people pictured are the Glendenings, a French Canadian couple. Several photos of the two were given to me by an old friend of mine. I haven’t been able to find much further research on the people or the pronoun itself, but all the photos I found stashed away of them were labeled “Grandwa Glendening”, on both the photos of the man and the woman (in different handwriting, for those who speculate that, for some reason, both photos are labeled Grandma). Distant relatives confirmed that it says Grandwa, but are unsure where the pronoun came from, whether it be from family tradition, or a more widely-known source.

Regardless, Grandwa may be an easy transitional or permanent pronoun for the genderqueer or trans* folk out there who are faced with the dilemma of title in the grandparent role.

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