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Topic	Clean history, 3kl for using the wrong pronoun referring to some transgender...
averagejoel 05/17/17 9:11:07 AM #25:	Mist_Turnips posted... averagejoel posted... bvillebro posted... Your posting that link brings up a good point. I hope they can rewrite the ToS to adjust the wording to say "trans people" or "transgender people" The community and some organizations have widely denounced the usage of the word "transgendered", as its a phrase that essentially puts the bulk of the concept on the activity of transitioning (hormones, surgery) as a form of validation of sorts of ones 'legit' trans status It would be a small change on behalf of the site, and idk if trans people here really even care or have spoken about it before so it might not even be my place to bring it up with those in power also, using "transgender" as a noun. why would anyone think that's ok? Oh god, a noun. Well, at least it wasn't used as a verb, or... god help us... past participle. it's an adjective. A quality, not an entity in and of itself. referring to people by one of their qualities is dehumanizing - like referring to black people as "the blacks" --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:879264521] in Clean hist... [t:75355382]...</cite> <quote><cite>Mist_Turnips posted...</cite> <quote><cite>averagejoel posted...</cite> <quote><cite>bvillebro posted...</cite> <quote>Your posting that link brings up a good point. I hope they can rewrite the ToS to adjust the wording to say "trans people" or "transgender people" The community and some organizations have widely denounced the usage of the word "transgendered", as its a phrase that essentially puts the bulk of the concept on the activity of transitioning (hormones, surgery) as a form of validation of sorts of ones 'legit' trans status It would be a small change on behalf of the site, and idk if trans people here really even care or have spoken about it before so it might not even be my place to bring it up with those in power</quote> also, using "transgender" as a noun. why would anyone think that's ok?</quote> Oh god, a noun. Well, at least it wasn't used as a verb, or... god help us... past participle.</quote> it's an adjective. A quality, not an entity in and of itself. referring to people by one of their qualities is dehumanizing - like referring to black people as "the blacks" --- peanut butter and dick</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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