Quote from: DRAIN on February 11, 2010, 08:29:59 PM
wow, i've never seen the first group you mentioned, yay for my friends and family

i wonder if anyone would catch on if i joined...

yeah... I was a little weary of joining, but what the hey! It's a cool group!

I joined 

Anyone feel free to add me my name's d.j. small on the 'book

-Davis

Quote from: konman on February 11, 2010, 02:37:51 PM
I saw a bunch of people on my friend's list joining a group called "That awkward moment when you can't tell if someone is a boy or a girl" and it really irked me. I went and looked at the group and they're putting up pictures of androgynous or transgendered people and basically guessing at their gender and making fun of them. So I made a group on facebook called "Why do you care if I'm a boy or a girl?" Just put that part in quotes in the search and it'll come up. Maybe you guys that have facebook could join and spread the word. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!!

--Konnor

I saw this too and had the same reaction. I'll join your group.

good onya mate, joining now

I tried the group id thingy and I still can't find it..

FOUND IT!

Cheers

Jay

I joined! I joined!

Joined!!

Quote from: Kvall on February 12, 2010, 06:10:22 AM
lol -- I would have named it "That awkward moment where someone can't tell if you're a boy or a girl"

but then many of us won't join it!

Quote from: Janet Lynn on February 11, 2010, 08:24:55 PM
Gee Am I the only girl that joined it?   

well the thread was posted in ftm.. for some reason.


oh by the way, hope no one's objected to having people who are just supporters join one of my friends did

I joined!!

LOL not anymore Janet!

This is the only forum I read much, so that's why I posted it here. And I wasn't sure if there was a rule against posting the same thing in multiple boards. Of course the ladies and supporters and everyone are allowed to join! Thanks so much everyone for joining, feel free to add your thoughts or anything you think will be interesting. I'm a bit lost on how to keep the group active after the initial mega-joining stage.  lol

--Konnor

We need a myspace group like this, cause I don't use facebook. Hm....

ok i know i'm technically retarded but please someone how do you join? Search keeps saying no results
Radar thank u for that now joined

I don't use Facebook so I can't see your group but if you do a Google search of "That awkward moment when you can't tell if someone is a boy or a girl" this post comes up first.

hey cool idea, I'll probably get some awkward questions from friends and family, but I joined

I also saw that page going around, and it annoyed me a little, but we all have to realize that for the most part, when people are trying to decide whether you are male or female, they are just trying to be polite, because for all they know, if they guess wrong, you may possibly get very offended. In general, people are just honestly trying to do what you would want, and since you cannot always tell every random person on the street what you want, they're going to assume you want the pronouns of your birth gender.

Quote from: Sameth on February 14, 2010, 05:14:06 PM
I also saw that page going around, and it annoyed me a little, but we all have to realize that for the most part, when people are trying to decide whether you are male or female, they are just trying to be polite, because for all they know, if they guess wrong, you may possibly get very offended. In general, people are just honestly trying to do what you would want, and since you cannot always tell every random person on the street what you want, they're going to assume you want the pronouns of your birth gender.

I agree with you on that - people who are genuinely curious or unsure don't bother me a bit. I encourage people to ask, actually, and if i hear people asking themselves in my presence (as if unsure to come to me to actually ask) then i answer them anyway.

It's when people make groups about it and begin to post pictures and poke fun at them (which is what they're pretty much doing on that group for the most part, or so is the general feeling) that it gets annoying and rude.

It's one thing for people to ask one another "is that a guy/girl" on the street or in the class room and another to post a photo and say "guess what this is!"

I joined your group but had no luck finding the other group to see what was going on.

I agree 100% with you both, Folk and Sameth. It's definitely one thing to be trying to figure it out to be polite and use the right pronouns, but it crosses a line when the other group is just posting pictures and making fun of people. Hope I didn't offend anyone with this.

--Konnor