This is one of those articles that start of well, posting a valid and pertanent question, but fail to do anything. Dwelling on the question as if asking it is sufficiently significant.
The question is:
QuoteWho set the language standards, the style guides for the press in the UK?
The answer is, it depends upon which newspaper it appears in and equally, which part of which newspaper.
I'm going to start by stating, that I absolutely hate the word Brit.
I am not a Brit. I am a Briton. I am British. Now I appreciate that many feel intimidated by that. Britain is, after all, the most powerful country in the world in terms of influence. It has by a long way, one of the most successful economies. (Being richer by a factor of 50 when your natural resources are greater by a factor of thousands isn't much of a success really). So it's perhaps understandable that some may seek to find ways to denigate what they can't defeat.
But while I am not alone among Britons, in disliking the term, British people know, instinctively, that objection, is a form of encouragement.
I don't personally, like any label being used generally, to describe me. I am me. I am not the latent trannie, who does something, for which being transgendered, is entirely irrelevant.
I suggest, there are far more important things to be worrying about, than what people choose to label us as.
Being labeled for a start. To deal with that, we need to earn respect. We are only going to achieve that, by individual achievement.
Someone once pointed out that, transgendered people, tend to be of above average intelegence. I suspect that's more a case that, above average intelegent people, possess more insight and are more ready to stand against uncomfortable and unacceptable convention.
But our way to make a difference, a real diffrence, is to use our innate abilities and talents, to contribute positively to society, while continuing to express ourselves, in our preferred manner.
