Editing Gender neutrality in English (section)

===Honorifics===
Proponents of gender-neutral language point out that while [[Mr]] is used for men regardless of marital status, the titles [[Miss]] and [[Mrs]] indicate a woman's marital status, and thus signal her sexual availability in a way that men's titles do not.<ref>{{harvp|Freeman|1979|p=491}}</ref> The honorific "[[Ms.|Ms]]" can be used for women regardless of marital status.

The gender-neutral honorific [[Mx (title)|Mx]] ({{small|usually}} {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɪ|k|s}} "mix", {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ʌ|k|s}} {{respell|MUKS}}) can be used in place of gendered honorifics to provide gender neutrality.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Jane Fae |url=http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/it%E2%80%99s-going-be-mr-mrs-or-%E2%80%98mx%E2%80%99-brighton-city-goes-trans-friendly180113 |title=It's going to be Mr, Mrs or 'Mx' in Brighton as city goes trans friendly |publisher=Gay Star News |date=18 January 2013 |access-date=2013-09-10 |archive-date=2021-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122100500/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/it%E2%80%99s-going-be-mr-mrs-or-%E2%80%98mx%E2%80%99-brighton-city-goes-trans-friendly180113/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9634668/Honorifics-could-be-dropped-from-official-letters-by-council.html |title=Honorifics could be dropped from official letters by council |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=October 25, 2012 |access-date=July 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/downloads/bhcc/school_appeals/Trans_Equality_Report_final_pdf.pdf |title=Trans Equality Scrutiny Panel |publisher=Brighton & Hove City Council |date=January 2013 |access-date=2013-09-10 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Adoption of the honorific has been relatively rapid and thorough in the UK. In 2013, [[Brighton and Hove]] City Council in [[Sussex]], England, voted to allow its use on council forms,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-22465531|title=Mx (Mixter) title adopted in Brighton for transgender people|date=10 May 2013|work=BBC News|access-date=13 February 2014}}</ref> and in 2014, [[The Royal Bank of Scotland]] included the title as an option.<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/nov/17/rbs-bank-that-likes-to-say-mx |title= RBS: the bank that likes to say Mx |work= The Guardian |date= 17 November 2014 |first= Emine |last= Saner |access-date= 26 January 2015}}</ref> In 2015, recognition spread more broadly across UK institutions, including the Royal Mail, government agencies responsible for documents such as drivers' licenses, and several other major banks.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Now pick Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms . . . or Mx for no specific gender|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/now-pick-mr-mrs-miss-ms-or-mx-for-no-specific-gender-t2rb5bh62rs|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708200006/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/now-pick-mr-mrs-miss-ms-or-mx-for-no-specific-gender-t2rb5bh62rs|archive-date=2017-07-08|website=[[The Times]]}}</ref> In 2015, it was included in the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mx|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/mx?q=MX#Mx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904001636/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/mx?q=Mx#Mx|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 4, 2015|website=Oxford dictionaries|access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref>