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minus-squareKit@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down10·5 days ago“Transgenders” is not a word. Please use “transgender people” or something similar.
minus-squareTigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoIt may be outdated, yet still a word. But I’ll do better in the future. I didn’t mean it as offensive, I used the same form for sisgender plural. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/transgenders
minus-squaresome_kind_of_guy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·5 days agoAnd here I was thinking you were doing a satire. While it’s not a slur, that usage is often employed as a weird denigrating “gotcha” and/or dog whistle. I don’t believe that was your intention, but it’s definitely something to be aware of.
minus-squareScrizzle@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-25 days agoThis is why you don’t get invited to parties.
“Transgenders” is not a word. Please use “transgender people” or something similar.
It may be outdated, yet still a word. But I’ll do better in the future. I didn’t mean it as offensive, I used the same form for sisgender plural.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/transgenders
it’s cis not sis btw
And here I was thinking you were doing a satire.
While it’s not a slur, that usage is often employed as a weird denigrating “gotcha” and/or dog whistle.
I don’t believe that was your intention, but it’s definitely something to be aware of.
Thanks :)
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This is why you don’t get invited to parties.