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Originally posted by eli's_rhythm
There's nothing to decide... If she says she's a woman and prefers female pronouns, you use female pronouns. Yeah, I'm sure you're right, but transphobia is still a huge problem, especially for trans women.
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Yeah, I get exactly where you're coming from, and I think the same as you do. Many people don't realise that gender is a social construct, they just see biological men/women and take that for granted. That's why Tom coming out as Laura's a good thing, hopefully it'll re-assess people's understandings. The transgender community really lacks figureheads- I can only think of Chaz Bono, and Nadia from Big Brother UK. I remember my first experience around a transgendered person- he was born female but recognised himself as male. It was difficult for me at first to know what to say/do in order to be polite, because I just didn't know, as I didn't have any previous experience around the transgender community. So really I think it's just a case in the wider community of getting that understanding out there.
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Originally posted by Muggwa
This is a big event, good for this person 
What do you call a trams person who hasn't begun the transformation yet though? Should I call this person Tom or Laura? |
Laura subscribes as female, so it'd be 'her'!
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Originally posted by Gui Blackout
OH BITCH NOW WAIT A MINUTE. 
I used to LOVE Tom, he's so hot. 
I'm ****ing speechless.  |
He was pretty hot, yeah!
Gorgeous eyes. Laura's gonna be a stunner!
