Well, back in the '70s when we were getting all uppity about this gender thing, some of us tried using "tis" and "tir" as non-gender specific pronouns, but it didn't work because, well, it sounded stupid.

I, personally, think that we've called collective humanity his and he for long enough that we can swap to her and she for a while and nothing bad would happen. ;-]

One of the women I work with was preggers last year and we all got very attached to Fetus -- I even brought her a little sweater for Fetus -- and it was hard to adjust and start calling her son Simon once he made his appearance in our lives.

Congratulations, whatever you call tir. My life really got under way when I had my kids. I loved all their many changes and phases and weirdnesses (not every moment of the day, of course, but all added up together, it's been a wonderful time).

WyoWoman