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{{Redirect|Mx.||MX (disambiguation){{!}}MX}}
{{short description|Gender-neutral honorific title}}
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'''''Mx''''' (usually pronounced {{IPAc-en|m|ə|k|s}} {{respell|MəKS}}, {{IPAc-en|m|ɪ|k|s}} {{respell|MIKS}}, or {{IPAc-en_|m|ʌə|k|s}} {{respell|MUKS}}, and sometimes {{IPAc-en|m|ɪ|k|s|t|əɹ}} {{respell|MIKS|tər}} or {{IPAc-en|ɛ|m|ˈ|ɛ|k|s}} {{respell|em|EKS}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of Mx |website=Oxford English Dictionaries |url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/mx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928110508/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/mx |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 September 2016 |access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=On the pronunciation of Mx |date=27 November 2014 |website=Spacious Perspicacious |via=Tumblr.com |url=http://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/103744029100 |access-date=22 May 2015 |archive-date=22 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522163343/http://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/103744029100 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="GenderCensusPronunciation">{{cite web |title=The prevalence and pronunciation of the title Mx (20192023) |website=GenderCensus.com |date=20 November 20202023 |url=https://gendercensus.com/results/20192023-mx/ |access-date=3025 January 2021 |archive-date=28 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228133235/https://gendercensus.com/results/2019-mx/ |url-status=liveAugust 2023}}</ref>) is an English-language [[neologism|neologistic]] [[honorific]] that does not indicate gender. DevelopedCreated as an alternative to gendered honorifics (such as ''[[Mr.]]'' and ''[[Ms.]]'') in the late 1970s, it is the most common [[gender-neutral title]] among [[Non-binary gender|non-binary]] people<ref>{{cite web |title=Gender Census 2021: Worldwide Report |url=https://gendercensus.com/results/2021-worldwide |website=Gender Census |access-date=30 January 2022 |date=1 April 2021 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222202738/https://gendercensus.com/results/2021-worldwide/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and people who do not wish to imply a gender in their titles.▼
 
▲'''''Mx''''' (usually pronounced {{IPAc-en|m|ə|k|s}} {{respell|MəKS}}, {{IPAc-en|m|ɪ|k|s}} {{respell|MIKS}}, or {{IPAc-en|m|ʌ|k|s}} {{respell|MUKS}}, and sometimes {{IPAc-en|m|ɪ|k|s|t|əɹ}} {{respell|MIKS|tər}} or {{IPAc-en|ɛ|m|ˈ|ɛ|k|s}} {{respell|em|EKS}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of Mx |website=Oxford English Dictionaries |url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/mx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928110508/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/mx |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 September 2016 |access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=On the pronunciation of Mx |date=27 November 2014 |website=Spacious Perspicacious |via=Tumblr.com |url=http://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/103744029100 |access-date=22 May 2015 |archive-date=22 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522163343/http://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/103744029100 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="GenderCensusPronunciation">{{cite web |title=The prevalence and pronunciation of the title Mx (2019) |website=GenderCensus.com |date=20 November 2020 |url=https://gendercensus.com/results/2019-mx/ |access-date=30 January 2021 |archive-date=28 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228133235/https://gendercensus.com/results/2019-mx/ |url-status=live }}</ref>) is an English-language [[neologism|neologistic]] [[honorific]] that does not indicate gender. Developed as an alternative to gendered honorifics (such as ''[[Mr.]]'' and ''[[Ms.]]'') in the late 1970s, it is the most common [[gender-neutral title]] among [[Non-binary gender|non-binary]] people<ref>{{cite web |title=Gender Census 2021: Worldwide Report |url=https://gendercensus.com/results/2021-worldwide |website=Gender Census |access-date=30 January 2022 |date=1 April 2021 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222202738/https://gendercensus.com/results/2021-worldwide/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and people who do not wish to imply a gender in their titles.
 
==Etymology==
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The title is now accepted by the [[Department for Work and Pensions]], [[HM Revenue and Customs]], the [[National Health Service]] and many councils, universities, insurance companies and utility retailers in the United Kingdom.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} The [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] confirmed in 2015 that it would accept the use of ''Mx'' by MPs.<ref name="PinkNewsMPs">{{cite news |last1=McCormick |first1=Joseph Patrick |date=26 May 2015 |title=MPs given gender neutral option when entering House of Commons |website=Pink News |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/05/26/mps-given-gender-neutral-option-when-entering-house-of-commons/ |access-date=4 April 2016 |archive-date=25 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325225959/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/05/26/mps-given-gender-neutral-option-when-entering-house-of-commons/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
In 2015, ''Mx'' was included in a ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' article about [[Bluestockings (bookstore)|Bluestockings]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/nyregion/at-bluestockings-a-manhattan-bookshop-and-activist-center-radical-is-sensible.html |title=At Bluestockings, a Manhattan Activist Center, Radical Is Sensible |date=29 November 29, 2015 |website=New York Times |access-date=1 July 2021 |first=Charles |last=Curkin |archive-date=7 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707112932/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/nyregion/at-bluestockings-a-manhattan-bookshop-and-activist-center-radical-is-sensible.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Its casual usage in the paper was picked up by popular news sites and blogs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.imediaethics.org/gender-neutral-mx-used-by-nytimes-as-honorific/|title=What is Mx.? Gender-Neutral Pronoun used by NYTimes as Honorific|date=3 December 3, 2015|access-date=25 November 2022|website=iMediaEthics|first=Sydney|last=Smith|archive-date=26 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126014407/https://www.imediaethics.org/gender-neutral-mx-used-by-nytimes-as-honorific/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://observer.com/2015/11/the-new-york-times-adds-mx-to-the-honorific-mix/|title=The New York Times Adds ‘Mx'Mx.’' to the Honorific Mix|date=November 11, November 2015|access-date=25 November 2022|website=Observer|first=Kara|last=Bloomgarden-Smoke|archive-date=26 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126014405/https://observer.com/2015/11/the-new-york-times-adds-mx-to-the-honorific-mix/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Times''{{'s}} standards editor Phil Corbett later responded to the usage of the title.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/03/insider/mx-did-the-times-adopt-a-new-transgender-courtesy-title.html |title=A 'Mx.'? Did The Times Adopt a New, Gender-Neutral Courtesy Title? |date=3 December 3, 2015 |access-date=1 July 2021 |website=New York Times |first=Phil |last=Corbett |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709215411/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/03/insider/mx-did-the-times-adopt-a-new-transgender-courtesy-title.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Later the same year, ''Mx'' was included in the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/2015/12/31/10695218/2015-year-in-words |title=10 words that explain 2015 |date=31 December 2015 |access-date=1 January 2016 |website=Vox |first=Tanya |last=Pai |archive-date=2 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102004305/http://www.vox.com/2015/12/31/10695218/2015-year-in-words |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, [[Metro Bank (United Kingdom)|Metro Bank]] became the first bank in the United Kingdom to offer ''Mx'' on its forms (though other banks had amended records to Mx on request prior to this).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=Charles |date=3 November 2016-11-03 |title=A British bank has become the first in the world to offer a third gender option for 'non-binary' customers |url=httphttps://ukwww.businessinsider.com/metro-bank-is-the-first-to-offer-a-third-gender-option-for-customers-2016-11 |website=Business Insider UK |access-date=4 June 2017}}</ref> In 2017, banks of the [[HSBC|HSBC Group]] announced the addition of ''Mx'' alongside several other gender-neutral titles as options for their customers.<ref>{{cite news |title=HSBC adds new transgender titles including M and Misc |date=30 March 2017 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39444432 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=4 June 2017 |archive-date=11 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511015948/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39444432 |url-status=live }}</ref> HSBC's 30&nbsp;March announcement coincided with the [[International Transgender Day of Visibility]], celebrated the following day.<ref name="guardian-30mar2017">{{cite news|last1=Brignall|first1=Miles|date=30 March 2017|title=HSBC offers choice of transgender titles for bank's customers|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/mar/30/hsbc-offers-choice-of-transgender-titles-for-banks-customers|access-date=10 April 2017|archive-date=10 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410122204/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/mar/30/hsbc-offers-choice-of-transgender-titles-for-banks-customers|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In December 2020, the [[Provincial Court of British Columbia]], [[Canada]] issued guidance to lawyers and litigants about court introductions, calling for court participants, when introducing themselves, to state the [[preferred gender pronoun|pronouns]] and courtesy title that should be used for them. "Mx." was one of the titles that participants were invited to use.<ref>{{cite web |title=A change in how parties and lawyers should introduce themselves in court {{!}} Provincial Court of British Columbia |url=https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/enews/enews-16-12-2020 |website=Provincial Court of British Columbia |access-date=23 May 2023 |date=16 December 2020 |quote=In the new Notice, the Court is asking people to state their name, title (sometimes called “salutation”), and pronouns to be used in the proceeding, and for lawyers to provide this information for their clients. For example: “My name is Ms. Jane Lee, spelled L-E-E. I use she/her pronouns. I am the lawyer for Mx. Joe Carter who uses they/them pronouns”. (“Mx.” is pronounced like the word “mix” and is a gender-neutral title/salutation.) |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121230346/https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/enews/enews-16-12-2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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Although ''Mx'' remains uncommon in the United States, in April 2016 it was added to the ''Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/mx-gender-neutral-title |title=A Gender-Neutral Honorific |website=Merriam-Webster |access-date=23 August 2016 |archive-date=25 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825204642/http://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/mx-gender-neutral-title |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
Indian airlines [[Vistara]] and [[AirAsia India]], both [[Tata Group]] companies, added ''Mx'' as a third option for passengers booking flights from June 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 June 2022-06-09 |title=Vistara, AirAsia add gender-neutral flight booking options |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/vistara-airasia-add-gender-neutral-flight-booking-options/article65507208.ece |access-date=2022-06-28 June 2022 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=28 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628022727/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/vistara-airasia-add-gender-neutral-flight-booking-options/article65507208.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
== Pronunciation ==
 
An informal study in 20192023 found that 3568% of 32,179426 participants worldwide who use the title pronounced it {{IPAc-en|m|ɪ|k|s}} {{respell|MIKS}} or {{IPAc-en|m|ə|k|s}} {{respell|MəKS}}, while 1.924% pronounced it {{IPAc-en|m|ɪə|k|s|t|əɹ}} {{respell|MIKS|tər}}.<ref name="GenderCensusPronunciation" /> ''Mixter'' is sometimes treated as a long form of the title (like ''Mister'' is of ''Mr'').<ref name="Mixter 2013"/><ref>{{cite news |first=Nina |last=Bahadur |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/swedish-gender-neutral-pronoun-hen-national-encyclopedia_n_3063293 |title=Swedish gender-neutral pronoun, 'Hen', added to country's National Encyclopedia |date=11 April 2013 |website=[[Huffington Post]] |access-date=1 April 2021 |archive-date=9 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509121050/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/swedish-gender-neutral-pronoun-hen-national-encyclopedia_n_3063293 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
==See also==
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