Identities and definitions - what are your thoughts?

[BreezyB]

I identify as trigender (shifting through three genders or present as all three at once) and have come out to the wonderful family here at Susan's. I explained my story and how I came to the conclusion of the label expressing my identity in the best possible way. I was met with acceptance and unconditional support

I read your post Jacey and I 'got it', in fact even before reading too much had a basic understanding of what tri gender meant. Because the term was in fact meaningful. Even if it wasn't explained to me, I would have a somewhat accurate understanding based on the description itself.

So when we think of why we in fact have language or words, it is true that the purpose is to communicate. So the trouble I see with terms such as 'star gender', well that means nothing to me. If I was to guess, I could only assume one might be gender incongruent and in fact beleive they should really be in the body of an alien 

See, don't leave me to my own devices because my mind is warped 

But the problem I see is the basic purpose is lost, we fail to communicate what we mean. Unless of course it becomes main stream or websters dictionary picks it up pretty quick

[Tossu-sama]

Well, then, imagine what you'd think about languages like French in which there are basically 3 ways of saying "a"/"the" and almost every noun has a gender; "la, le, les" and "un, une, des"
For example, wine is masculine, beer is feminine. The way my French teacher taught us was "think about it this way. Women like wine and men, men like women and beer." I cringed every time.

La bier, le vin, etc. And depending on the noun's gender, it will change when used in different context with adjectives, for example.

Adjective: vert (green)
   Masculine singular   vert
   Feminine singular   verte
   Masculine plural   verts
   Feminine plural   vertes

(I'm not an expert on French, used to learn it for 4 years, so correct me if I'm wrong.  More on this page http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/adjectives_2.htm )

Ah yes, that kinda languages are more or less lethal to me... I used to learn German for couple years and it also has masculine, feminine and neutral words. I always kept wondering how one would be able to remember them.

My Polish friend also told me that in Polish even the verbs are affected by gender. Like if a man is doing something, the verb takes masculine form compared if a woman is doing something. I couldn't help but to think how hard it is for trans folk in Poland. :I