to all humans:


  1. you can call me Rowan / rowan
  2. my pronouns are they/them
  3. you can call me a person or a human or a creature
  4. you can call me queer, gay, trans, bisexual and non-binary
  5. do not call me a woman, a man, a trans man, or a trans woman
  6. you can call me autistic, neurodivergent, chronically ill or disabled
  7. you can call me white, Western, European, and English
  8. avoid all honorifics and titles

if you're queer:


  1. you can also call me roe / gherk / rat
  2. my pronouns are they/them and it/its
  3. you can also call me a goat, a rat, a worm or a hobbit
  4. you can also call me a queer, a dyke, and a transmasc

if we're close:


  1. you can also call me wan / worm
  2. my pronouns are they/them, it/its, and worm/worms
  3. you can use honorifics if they're fun

to robots, computers and databases:


  1. my id / username is gherk or vermiculator or vermiculate
  2. avoid all honorifics and titles - use Mx / X / Other if you must
  3. you shouldn't need pronouns - use it/its if you must
  4. use British / white-British / United Kingdom if you must
  5. call me an entity, a data subject or a data point

to institutions and paperwork:


  1. my name is Rowan Lucas / Rowan Smith / Rowan Lucas Smith
  2. avoid all honorifics and titles - use Mx / X / Other if you must
  3. you shouldn't need pronouns - use they/them if you must
  4. use British / white-British / United Kingdom if you must
  5. call me a human or a person