Lavender is a Firefox browser extension that converts gendered English pronouns (e.g., he, she, herself) to gender-neutral pronouns (e.g., ze, ze, hirself).
Gender-neutral pronouns are pronouns that do not specify the gender of their referents. Often times, the gender of a person is not relevant to the message that the text carries. Moreover, not all people's gender identities are encompassed by the gender binary that the 20th-century English language imposes.
With Lavender, you can read on the internet while the pronouns on the page are converted to their gender-neutral equivalents. This also helps you to learn the English gender-neutral pronouns.
Lavender can be installed from here.
You should then be ready to browse the internet in Lavender English and, for example, read an article about [Chelsea Manning] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Manning) without gender-specific pronouns being used to refer to hir.
| Nominative (subject) | Oblique (object) | Possessive determiner | Possessive pronoun | Reflexive | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | He is laughing | I called him | His eyes gleam | That is his | He likes himself |
| Female | She is laughing | I called her | Her eyes gleam | That is hers | She likes herself |
| Gender-neutral | Ze is laughing | I called hir | Hir eyes gleam | That is hirs | Ze likes hirself |
There is a Python2/3 implementation of Lavender that you can find here