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MR. AND MS. MANNERS Let’s Learn The Nine Anti-Trans Slurs We Should All Avoid

Started by Shana A, June 21, 2011, 09:23:46 AM

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June 21, 2011, 09:23:46 AM
MR. AND MS. MANNERS
Let's Learn The Nine Anti-Trans Slurs We Should All Avoid

By:           Daniel Villarreal
On:           Jun 20, 2011

http://www.queerty.com/lets-learn-the-nine-anti-trans-slurs-we-should-avoid-20110620/

Inspired by the Special Olympics campaign against the word "retard", several associates of transgender-activist Monica Helms got together to make a PSA against trans slurs. So what words should we avoid when talking about our trans brothers and sisters?

It's rude to call a trans person a "->-bleeped-<-, he-she, it, ->-bleeped-<-, ->-bleeped-<-, man in a dress, hermaphrodite, or a freak."
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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Padma

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June 21, 2011, 10:05:26 AM
...but... that's only 8! Oh, okay, there's also using the wrong gender term, instead of just asking what's preferred and respecting that.

My favourite part of the article:

'And while we're at it please don't ask a trans person what their name "used to be" or questions about their genitals. What? Were you raised by goblins?'

;D
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