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Zendigo

Social Justice Pacifist
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Being transgender doesn't mean you think there are more than two genders. It means you identify as the gender opposite of your biological sex.

The vast majority of transgender people still identify within the gender binary, as either male or female.
 
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's a difference between accidentally calling someone the wrong name/pronoun and doing it intentionally, maliciously, and repeatedly even after they ask you not to. "Don't be a dickhead" is a pretty good mantra to live by.


 
I think that even if you don't think trans identities are legitimate, it's not a hill worth dying on to insist on calling people by their old names/pronouns. For the sake of politeness if nothing else, refer to people the way they wish to be referred to.
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Zendigo

Social Justice Pacifist
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Being transgender doesn't mean you think there are more than two genders. It means you identify as the gender opposite of your biological sex.

There's a difference between accidentally calling someone the wrong name/pronoun and doing it intentionally, maliciously, and repeatedly even after they ask you not to. "Don't be a dickhead" is a pretty good mantra to live by.

I think that even if you don't think trans identities are legitimate, it's not a hill worth dying on to insist on calling people by their old names/pronouns. For the sake of politeness if nothing else, refer to people the way they wish to be referred to.
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