I feel like I am the old man in the story because I didn't know the word "cis-man" so I looked it up. That is the second time you made me look something up. LOL! I hate what they are doing with giving other names to the 2 genders. What is the list up to now? 100? Crazy! Hi! My name is whatisnew and my favorite color is clear!!!
I now wonder what I will do if I am ever in this situation. It's a true story BTW, told to me by a friend of mine. He went to his first college class in four decades, and this is the first thing that happened. He was so confused he broke out into a cold sweat and started to tremble. I think it's absurd, and it's suddenly happening in nearly all of the US colleges and universities. Private information. Maybe I would say something like "My preferred pronoun is the one you feel fits me." Oh and I'd add "I prefer my pancakes to have cattail pollen in them."
ROFLMAO!!!