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So, stay alone, is what you are saying...
My daughter died by suicide recently.  I know they'll never read this, but my heart goes out to the family. >

My Grandfather committed suicide this last Monday. The pain it leaves the family in I can’t even describe. >

I commented on the post above you but I wanted to make sure you saw it too. r/SuicideBereavement has been a very supportive space since I lost my dad 5 years ago. Take care of yourself. Those first few weeks can feel like you’re living on the wrong planet, but it will get easier. >

The "she" is in reference to his mother. >

They committed suicide. If you are feeling like you might self harm 988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. >

The comment above says they used He/him pronouns. >

Sorry? The person’s sentence you’re replying to is grammatically correct, so what’s the issue? I don’t think an article about a tragic suicide is really the time for pedantry. >

Many binary trans people (trans women and trans men) don’t like being “they’d” when the go by he/him or she/her pronouns. They consider it a form of misgendering. >

That’s unfortunate for them, but seeing as how you “they’d” them in your very same message explaining why it’s problematic, maybe you can understand that the English language doesn’t work the way you seem to want it to. 
Pronouns function to make sentences less clunky. “They” is the best neutral third-person pronoun available in the English language. 
I can absolutely sympathize with someone who doesn’t want to be misgendered, but if you’re going to start considering neutral language as gendered language then the problem lies with you for misinterpreting someone else’s words. >

The person you are replying to was obviously using the plural “they” because they were referring to multiple persons. >

You just “they’d” the commenter I’m replying to. Was that rude? Should you have asked their pronouns before doing that? 
Or is it just possible that by using a neutral pronoun you were, in fact, being neutral? 
What timeline are we in where neutrality is interpreted as aggression? >

Hydrochloric_Comment used “they” correctly because they don’t know my pronouns or gender. I used they to refer to them because I don’t know Hydrochloric’s pronouns either. 
Using “they” as a default like that is totally fine!
The key difference is we know Henry’s pronouns are he/him. >

So is it your position that gendered pronouns must be used in all cases where they are applicable, or only in the cases of discussing trans individuals? >

“Henry Berg-Brousseau, a transgender rights advocate whose story helped inspire opposition to trans-restrictive legislation in Kentucky, has died. He was 24.”
Gotta be real depressing living in Kentucky >

There’s not enough bourbon to make it worth living in. >

Can confirm. I made it less than 5 years and had to come back to the upper Midwest. >

Hell, I didn’t realize how good I had it in the upper Midwest until I moved a bit south.  The lower Midwest has all of the depression of the upper Midwest with none of the charm.  Can’t imagine what it would be like even further south in Kentucky; we’ve got it good up here. >

I don't know. The Missouri Ozarks are pretty damn beautiful, and I've spent a lot of time there. The hillbillies though...as long as you stay on their good side and stay away from rhe church folk.