I originally thought about “and everyone in between”, but it does not sit well with me.
“Everyone in between” works fine in this song
In Dutch people will solve that in mail by saying “Beste Mensen,” or “Lieve Allemaal” which translates as Dear People/ Dear All. Train stations don’t use “dear ladies/gentleman” announcements anymore, they say “dear travellers” instead. We just tend to avoid mentioning gender entirely lol.
Greetings fellow aliens would work fine.
“Guys, gals and non-binary pals”
“Friends, foes, and those yet to decide.”
Just shorten the whole thing to “folks”
Just replace it all with “(my) goodpeople” or something similar. I personally wouldn’t want to add a non-binary option. I would remove the binary ones entirely. Make all people equal.
I’m a cis-man, and this might not be the popular non-binary option. I expect it to definitely not be the primary binary choice, as I think a lot of cis people want to be specifically recognized. I disagree with this though. Cis people aren’t better, so recognizing them specifically, but then everyone also as a different group, feels wrong.
Substitute it for “Those I don’t know half as well as I should like and those I like half as well as you deserve.”
I’m always a fan of just “my fellow degenerates”
…and everybody else here NOT sitting on a cushion"
Change it to, “Friends, Neighbors, Total Strangers who wandered in off the street…”
…and everything in between
if you’re asking for an add-on to ladies and gentlemen specifically I’ve wanted that too. all i’ve come up with is ‘ladies and gentlemen and kids of all ages’ and the ‘kids of all ages’ refers to all ages; so someone can be 18 and still be a “kid”
but you’re probably asking for a formal situation so it’s not really helpful
Good evening fickle friends and dedicated enemies, we are so glad you managed to attend…
Greetings humans!
Surprisingly not inclusive! Hi I’m a wolf (basically trans but for species instead of gender, yeah it’s a thing, look up therians if you’re curious :3).
– Frost
Do you think there’s a chance of explaining this in such a way that I could be convinced it’s possible or is this a “you just have to get it” kind of thing
'S’about like how for some people, they were assigned the wrong gender, they’re really an [opposite gender], being treated as [assigned gender] feels horrible and wrong, their body might feel horrible and wrong, etc.
Except with species instead of gender.
I didn’t know I had dysphoria until I learned that this is a thing, but it uh, explained some shit. I’ve totally got dysphoria. This body I’m stuck in just feels wrong in so many different ways. That’s obviously something you can’t really fully get without being trans yourself (species or gender! dysphoria’s the same concept either way, just about different body parts and stuff), but yeah.
– Frost
