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Title: Transgender or Transgendered?
Post by: Butterfly on March 11, 2010, 05:03:02 PM
Post by: Butterfly on March 11, 2010, 05:03:02 PM
Transgender or Transgendered?
The Huffington Post
By Joanne Herman
11 March, 2010
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joanne-herman/transgender-or-transgende_b_492922.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joanne-herman/transgender-or-transgende_b_492922.html)
I've increasingly been seeing and hearing the word "transgendered," and I have cringed every time. What's wrong with the seemingly subtle difference between saying "transgendered" and "transgender?" Actually, a lot.
The Huffington Post
By Joanne Herman
11 March, 2010
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joanne-herman/transgender-or-transgende_b_492922.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joanne-herman/transgender-or-transgende_b_492922.html)
I've increasingly been seeing and hearing the word "transgendered," and I have cringed every time. What's wrong with the seemingly subtle difference between saying "transgendered" and "transgender?" Actually, a lot.