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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 12:57 AM Original message |
Terms to avoid using when talking about the trans community. |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. Awesome! |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. Very interesting, thanks! |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. As a self-identified cisgender gay man |
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pettypace (695 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Cisgender? |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Transgender people are considered members of the LGBT community. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I think it is helpful, but why did you not define cisgender... |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Cisgender is a term used by the transgender community |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. ahh... I appreciate the clarification... |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. me too |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Please don't make light of unfamiliar terms. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 09:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
47. Invented, no doubt, by a transgendered person who know Chemistry. |
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Ferret Annica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. After a year and a half I have gotten the Veteran's Administration to give me hormones |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Congratulations. That's beautiful. |
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Ferret Annica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Why thank you, I appreciate your kind words. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. K&R |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. thank you. very helpful. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. Transgender is not a verb and can't have a past tense. 1st point makes no sense whatsoever. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. The problem is the -ed suffix. |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. "Tranny" is a good one to avoid as well. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. I've used tranny repeatedly...but |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
10. Re: failure to pass ENDA |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Apart from saying, "That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my life?" |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Agree that it is an excuse for bigotry... |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 05:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Well, I'm still waiting for pot to be legalized |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. When I went to DC to lobby with the transgender community |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. About the cost issue |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. Of course, "going to Argentina for SR surgery" is still nontrivial financially. (nt) |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. I believe San Francisco offers SRT for transgender citizens. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
15. Recommend |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
18. So what IS the proper term for a person whose physical and psychnological gender are out of synch? |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Transgender IS the proper term. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. OK, so it's "transgender" not "transgendered" |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. "how to accommodate trans people in bathrooms and changing rooms" |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. Seems like a logical dud to me... |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Many people are blinded by their unearned privilege. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Deleted message |
Phoenix63 (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. So because you feel a certain way about this |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Hi, Phoenix63! Welcome to DU! |
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Phoenix63 (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Thanks! |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Why do you take issue with wanting to respect marginalized groups? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Just ask him about DADT. -nt |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Please summarize or send me some links. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Check your inbox. -nt |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Wow. |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #27 |
49. Do you have a source for the Cross stuff? |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Here's the link I used: |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. It's cool |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. its really not that simple. sometimes people are clumsy about language |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. I agree, and then there are some of us |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Do you consider this OP to be a 'full-blown hissy fit'? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. No. As you said... |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. This argument is specious. |
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mythology (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:45 AM Response to Reply #50 |
63. It's not a specious point |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
51. "Either ones statements are bigoted or not." This is true, regardless of intent. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
30. Why not "intergendered"? |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Language evolves, so it's possible. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
31. Excellent information! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
54. Is the term "tranny" offensive? |
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Ferret Annica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Tranny refers to transvestites, they want to keep their maleness... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Gotchya |
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Ferret Annica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 01:56 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I understand most transvestites are heterosexual too |
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Wait Wut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
56. I only wandered over one "grey" area and am still not sure. |
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Ferret Annica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. If she is/was a transsexual, she didn't like that comment. |
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Wait Wut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. That's the grey area. |
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