Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoX now treats the term cisgender as a slurwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square261fedilinkarrow-up1601arrow-down125cross-posted to: hakendran@feddit.deenoughmuskspam@lemmy.world
arrow-up1576arrow-down1external-linkX now treats the term cisgender as a slurwww.engadget.comGhostalmedia@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square261fedilinkcross-posted to: hakendran@feddit.deenoughmuskspam@lemmy.world
minus-squarethebrownhaze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·7 months agoSo, even if I don’t like it, I have to accept being called that? My preferences don’t matter?
minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoWhat do you want to be called instead? Normal?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoI know this may be a difficult concept for you, but here’s what you do: Someone calls you cisgendered. You say, “I don’t like being called cisgendered, call me _____.” That person agrees and calls you ______. -and that is all most trans people are asking of you too.
So, even if I don’t like it, I have to accept being called that? My preferences don’t matter?
What do you want to be called instead? Normal?
Not wrong is it
I know this may be a difficult concept for you, but here’s what you do:
Someone calls you cisgendered.
You say, “I don’t like being called cisgendered, call me _____.”
That person agrees and calls you ______.
-and that is all most trans people are asking of you too.