The concept of gender being 'cis' or not - and those abhorant 'pronouns'

They're popping up everyhere - definitions of gender being 'cis' or not - and those vomit-inducing supa-mega-hypa-ultra-woke 'gender pronouns'.

We're both bi/les (depending on day of the week - lol) but we don't need to have 'special' words to 'describe' us. We're women - big whoop tilly doo dilly.

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bijouxbroussard · F

The term cisgender was coined in 1994, so it’s been with us a little while. There’s a lot about transgenderism that still confuses me, but I’m not anxious to upset anyone about it if I can avoid it. It costs me nothing to use the pronoun someone asks and treat them with the same respect I’d show anyone else. I’m old enough to remember when the APA realized that homosexuality wasn’t a mental illness. So I’m guessing there’s a learning curve here, as well. 🤔

mksworld · 46-50, C

@bijouxbroussard The wierdest to understand is non-binary people who claim they must be addressed 'indirectly' - ie. they them etc. which is just queer (sic) when talking to a person face to face. The person is still one person (physical entity) regardless of their gender identity or sexuality or how many different personalities are claimed to 'inheret' the one body - ps this seems to align with the 'two spirit' concept.

bijouxbroussard · F

@mksworld Ah. I’ve been lucky in that I haven’t encountered much of that at this point. If I were in danger of forgetting, perhaps I’d just call them by the name they were using.