I was sad to not be able to attend today’s tournament in person (all hail the crown prince & princess!) but the livestream gave me some time to do other things on the side and write this post.

Here’s what I think so far:

  • It definitely increased the number of competitors and the event size
  • I really enjoyed seeing people I’ve known and fought competing on the crown list field. (I was rooting for Bobby and Yin to win, or one of the Tadcasters – I’ve had wonderful personal experiences with both at Pennsics past)
  • The final 16 still did not include anyone using she/her pronouns
  • This tournament is not a substitute for truly inclusve governance and incident handling that is entirely out-of-game
  • To do: count number of competitors and stated genders of combatants of East Kingdom Crown Tournaments from 2022 onwards, to compare

Methodology

You can’t know if someone is a gender minority by looking at their pronouns, you can only know by asking them. Grouping “gender diverse” combatants as people using non-he/him pronouns misses binary trans men and people who are nonbinary but use he/him pronouns, so this gender diversity calculation based on pronouns here is likely a floor for the actual metric, rather than the entire truth.

I welcome corrections from those in the SCA Rapier community, with two caveats:

  1. I will only be accepting pronoun corrections conveyed to me by the individuals themselves, whether via publicly available materials or personal communications.
  2. I understand that it may out people who don’t want to be outed for me to post their info on my website, and so I may not update this post, even if I privately receive information that it is incorrect. I request that readers of my website take this listing with a grain of salt particularly as time passes and public identities may change.

Summary statistics on pronoun usage as stated on East Kingdom Wiki for spring 2025 combatants

  • She/her: 22 (25%)
  • He/him: 34 (39%)
  • They/them: 2 (3%)
  • She/they: 2 (3%)
  • He/they: 2 (3%)
  • No data: 26 (30%)

Total: 88 (100%)

Declared as not he/him: 28 of 62 (45%)

  • People who listed their pronouns on their wiki: 19 (22%)
  • People who were referred to in the third person on their wiki, from which I inferred pronouns, assuming that wiki pages are authored by the people they’re about on the East Kingdom Wiki: 43 (49%)
  • No pronoun data on wiki: 26 (30%)

Total: 88 (100%)

On a personal note, I often find in mundane life that cisgender men don’t bother to list their pronouns, so I was heartened by the large number (7) of people with he/him pronouns declared on the East Kingdom Wiki. Thank you for your support for sharing pronouns! I feel it makes it easier for me to share my non-standard pronouns when it is commonplace!

Appendix: Spring 2025 Crown Tournament List of Ryouko’jin and Indrakshi - with wiki pages and pronoun data

Sorted by precedence of higher ranked member of the pair

  1. Baroness Leana Doucet fighting for Sir Reinhart Basarab Draculesti – she/her https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Leana_Doucet
  2. Caoilfhionn inghean Fhaoláin, Dux, fighting for Syr Brennan mac Fearghus – she/her https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Caoilfhionn_inghean_Fhaol%C3%A1in
  3. Jarl Valgard Stonecleaver fighting for Doctor Canicus Ultramontis – no information on wiki page https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Valgard_Stonecleaver)
  4. Doctor Canicus Ultramontis fighting for Jarl Valgard Stonecleaver – no wiki page
  5. Countess Chatricam Meghanta (Meggie) fighting for Master Donovan Shinnock – she/her (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Marguerite_Ingen_Lachlainn
  6. Master Donovan Shinnock fighting for Countess Chatricam Meghanta (Meggie) – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Donovan_Shinnock
  7. Jarl Ozurr the Bootgiver fighting for Lady Hemma Eilika Schweinfurt von Nurnberg – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Ozurr_the_Boot-Giver
  8. Kurnfurst Matthias Grunwald fighting for Dona Magdalena von Kirschberg – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Matthias_Grunewald
  9. Dona Magdalena von Kirschberg fighting for Kurnfurst Matthias Grunwald – she/her (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Magdalena_von_Kirschberg
  10. Noble Rose Erembourc fighting for Viscondesa Jimena Montoya – they/them (explicitly listed) - https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Rose_Erembourc
  11. Master Lawrence Thornguard fighting for Master Collin Monroe of Tadcaster – no information on wiki page https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Lawrence_Thornguard
  12. Master Collin Monroe of Tadcaster fighting for Master Lawrence Thornguard – no information on wiki page https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Collin_Monro_of_Tadcaster
  13. Sir Tanaka Raiko fighting for Baroness Sofia Staritskaya – he/him (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Tanaka_Raiko
  14. Master Thomas de Castellan fighting for Baroness Mylisant Grey – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Castellan
  15. Master Nataliia Anastasiia Evgenova fighting for Master Ogedei Becinjab – she/her https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Nataliia_Anastasiia_Evgenova_Sviatoslavina
  16. Master Ogedei Becinjab fighting for Master Nataliia Anastasiia Evgenova – no wiki page
  17. Magister Owyn Greenwood fighting for Mistress Katherine Barr of Cumberland – he/him (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Owyn_Greenwood
  18. Don Olan Blackhand fighting for Master Conrad Connor MacAllyn – no information on wiki page https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Olan_Blackhand
  19. Doctor William Deth fighting for Sir Aonghas Mac Labhruinn du Brus – no wiki page
  20. Larifathir Grim the Skald fighting for Lady Aethelflaed Brewbane – he/him (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Grim_the_Skald
  21. Don Jon Radburne fighting for Baroness Julianna von Altenfeld – no wiki page
  22. Master Jean Xavier Boullier fighting for Maestra Gianetta Lucia Allegretta – no information on wiki page https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Jean_Xavier_Boullier
  23. Lord Douglas Douglas fighting for Mistress Aife ingen Chonchobhair in Derthaige – no wiki page
  24. Master Godric of Hamtun fighting for Mistress Margaret of Rochester – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Godric_of_Hamtun
  25. Master Erhart von Stuttgart fighting for Mistress Amy Webbe – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Erhart_von_Stuttgart
  26. Thane Aethelhawk Keyfinder fighting for Baroness Siubhan Wallace – no wiki page
  27. Sir Tiberius Iulius Rufus Primus fighting for Lord Vopiscus Rufius Donatus – he/him (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Tiberius_Iulius_Rufus
  28. Baroness Leonete d’Angely fighting for Sir Ketilfastr Thorkilson – she/her (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Leonete_D%27Angely
  29. Maestro Orlando di Sforza fighting for Pendefiges Charis Accipiter – no pronouns on wiki https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Orlando_Sforza
  30. Maitresse Camille des Jardins fighting for Don Xavier the Sinister – she/her https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Camille_des_Jardins
  31. Don Xavier the Sinister fighting for Maitresse Camille de Jardins – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Xavier_the_Sinister
  32. Colonel Christian Woolfe fighting for Magister Mat Wyck – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Christian_Woolfe
  33. Magister Mat Wyck fighting for Colonel Christian Woolfe – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Mat_Wyck
  34. Doyen Richard Crowe fighting for Lady Ameria Browne – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Richard_Crowe
  35. Maestro Vettorio Antonello fighting for Voevoda Lada Monguligin – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Vettorio_Antonello
  36. Master Jacob of Dunmore fighting for April – no wiki page
  37. Mistress Caitrina Gordon (Katya) fighting for Syr Sterling de la Rosa – she/her https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Caitrina_Gordon
  38. Master Llewellyn Walsh fighting for Baroness Mægwynn filia Brun – he/him (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Llewellyn_Walsh
  39. Dame Ysmay de Lynn fighting for Mistress Wentlyanna Bengrek – she/her https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Ysmay_de_Lynn
  40. Mistress Wentlyanna Bengrek fighting for Dame Ysmay de Lynn – no pronouns on wiki page https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Wentlyanna_Bengrek
  41. Syr Thorin mac Cianain fighting for Magistra Audrye Beneyt – no wiki page
  42. Sir Pandarus fighting for Sir Timeria Sthenone (Timbrien) – no pronouns on wiki page https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Pandarus
  43. Magister Gaius Claudius Valerianus fighting for Lady Cezilia Raposa – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Gaius_Claudius_Valerianus
  44. Maister Brendan Firebow fighting for Lady Sisuile Butler – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Brendan_Firebow
  45. Master Declan Gobha fighting for Baroness Aibhilin inghean Ui Phaidin – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Declan_Gobha
  46. Don Gregori Rogue Montana fighting for Mistress Syrine Al-Sakina Bint Houriya – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Gregori_Rogue_Montana
  47. Master Robert Tytes fighting for Master Yin Jinyu – he/them (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Robert_Tytes
  48. Master Yin Jinyu fighting for Master Robert Tytes – she/her https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Yin_Feng-yu
  49. Cempa Alastar Tucker fighting for Kara Njalsdottir, Shieldbiter – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Alastar_Tucker
  50. Kara Njalsdottir, Shieldbiter, fighting for Cempa Alastar Tucker – she/her (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Kara_Njalsdottir
  51. Dame Alanna of Skye fighting for Lord Thráinn Steinsson – she/they (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Alanna_of_Skye
  52. Mèstra Isabel del Okes fighting for Baroness Wynflæd aet Hamtunscire – she/her (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Isabel_del_Okes
  53. Oide Cedric of the Floppy Hat fighting for Signora Aurelia Colleoni a’Buccafurno – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Cedric_of_the_Floppy_Hat
  54. Signora Aurelia Colleoni a’Buccafurno fighting for Oide Cedric of the Floppy Hat – she/her https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Aurelia_Colleoni_a%27Buccafurno
  55. Master Eldrich Gaiman fighting for Lady Mairi Crawford – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Eldrich_Gaiman
  56. Sir Gilbert Christian Blackmoore (Gilchrist) fighting for Lady Rosalie Jane Blackmoore – no pronouns on wiki page https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Gilbert_Christian_Blackmoore
  57. Don Magnus Morte fighting for Mistress Amée le Mort – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Magnus_Morty
  58. Meistari AEsa Ormstunga fighting for Scholar Aziza Andrade – they/them (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Aesa_Ormstunga
  59. Scholar Aziza Andrade fighting for Meistari AEsa Ormstunga – she/her https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Aziza_Andrade
  60. Lord Brian le Wolfhunt fighting for Baroness Clarice d’Allaines-le-Comte – no wiki page
  61. Baron Eliyahu al-Talhi fighting for Baroness Maria Charries – no wiki page
  62. Don Rodrigo Medina de la Mar fighting for Baroness Bianca Anguissola – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Medina_de_la_Mar
  63. Lord Bo of Malagentia fighting for Hatun Saruca bint Lazari – he/him (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Bo_of_Malagentia
  64. Baroness Liadan ingen Chineada fighting for Baroness Muirenn ingen Ciric – she/they (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Liadan_Ingen_Chineada
  65. Baroness Muirenn ingen Ciric fighting for Baroness Liadan ingen Chineada – she/her https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Muirenn_Ingen_Ciric
  66. Lady Cailleach Channaigh Bhallach fighting for Lord Friedrick Berkhymer – she/her https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Cailleach_Chainnig_Bhallach
  67. Corwin Blackthorn fighting for Lady Ada Wright – no information on wiki https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Corwin_Blackthorn
  68. Baron Ælfwine Akeworthe fighting for Baroness Vitalia la Soleil – no wiki page
  69. Baroness Phaedra de Vere fighting for Lord Leo MacCullan – she/her (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Phaedra_de_Vere
  70. Drottin Grimolfr Skulason fighting for Lady Hrefna Spakona – he/him (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Gr%C3%ADm%C3%B3lfr_Sk%C3%BAlason
  71. Don James O’Galleghure of Tyr Connal fighting for Lady Adelina de Verrières – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/James_O%27Galleghure_of_Tyr_Connal
  72. Lady Adelina de Verrières fighting for Don James O’Galleghure of Tyr Connal – no information on wiki https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Adelina_de_Verri%C3%A8res
  73. Herrin Solveig Bjarnardottir fighting for Herr Wolfgang Holzhauer – she/her https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Solveig_Bjarnardottir
  74. Lady Ameline de Fleury fighting for Lord Didius Alanus Secundus – she/her https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Ameline_de_Fleury
  75. Trian Ó Bruadair fighting for Thane Ulfrik Viglundrson – he/they (explicitly listed) https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Trian_O%27Bruadair
  76. Lord Ian Douglas fighting for Lady Triona MacCasky – no pronouns on wiki https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Ian_Douglas
  77. Señor Rodrigue de Ignis fighting for Lady Jaime de Ignis – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Rodrigue_de_Ignis
  78. Lady Jaime de Ignis fighting for Señor Rodrigue de Ignis – no information on wiki https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Jaime_D%27Ignis
  79. Lord Antonius Hasebroek fighting for Frou Cecilie Vogelgesangkin – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Antonius_Nicolaas_Hasebroek
  80. Lord Úlfarr Gylðir fighting for Lady Lillian Hutchinson – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/%C3%9Alfarr_Gyl%C3%B0ir
  81. Lord Eðvarðr Mikaelsson fighting for Lady Ástríðr Eiríksdóttir – no information on wiki https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Edvard_Mikaelsson
  82. Lord Nuno Cabral do Mar fighting for Lord Nicolas le Verdoyant – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Nuno_Cabral_do_Mar
  83. Lord Nicolas le Verdoyant fighting for Lord Nuno Cabral do Mar – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Nicolas_le_Verdoyant
  84. Lady Gwenhoivar of Lindley fighting for Lord Tavish MacKinnon – she/her https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Gwenhoivar_of_Lindley
  85. Lord Sylvain du Soleil fighting for Lady Eseld An Goarnic – he/him https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Sylvain_du_Soleil
  86. Lady Mage Cunningghame alias Blue fighting for Captain Albion Drake – she/her https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Mage_Cunningghame_Alias_Blue
  87. Captain Albion Drake fighting for Lady Mage Cunningghame alias Blue – no wiki page
  88. Lady Osanna Schade fighting for Lord Alverik Wyntervelt – she/her https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Osanna_Schade