So far, I haven't run into anything related to that in my notary travels, but I've just recently started hearing mention of that approach. I confess it's taking some adjustment in my thinking, but I prefer to take a non-judgmental approach to everyone (unless some individual has given me a strong reason not to). And no, I've never asked, but so far, I've not run into a situation where there was any question. (I am in Orange County - but even here, I imagine it's only a matter of time...  )
In fact, I was just thinking about this in relation to notary certificates because I saw this article this morning, which appears to be going viral: http://www.oprahmag.com/life/work-money/a27921531/how-to-share-gender-pronouns-workplace/?utm_source=pocket-newtab.
I'm not sure what the solution is for us, but if single individuals are referring to themselves as "they", then that's potentially an issue for us. Perhaps there's someway we could add something after the "they" to indicate that we're referring to one person, maybe an "S" for solo or single? I don't know. I'm not even sure that's a good idea, but frankly, I think it may be more important for a certificate to be clear about how many signers there are than what gender the signer is/claims/identifies as. Ultimately, it's probably an issue that should be addressed by state legislatures.
Collectively, we probably need to stay tuned in to this issue... |
