• Gay Pride march in Prague for first time
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[QUOTE=child birth;31720656]speaking of the trans community assuming you were at a store and the cashier is a MtF however, you personally think they are doing a shoddy job of acting female, and look manly should you call them by male or female pronouns[/QUOTE] I, uhh... I dunno. How am I supposed to know it's a MtF and not simply a person of whichever sex who does a poor job of making that clear? Furthermore I'd probably do what pretty much everyone does upon approaching a gender-ambiguous person: avoid the use of such pronouns entirely. This is Dothan, Alabama, I've seen like one transvestite like ever in my life, and we made awkward conversation about snakes.
[QUOTE=Megafanx13;31720673]I'm going to assume either a cop-out of saying "it" where applicable or calling her a he.[/QUOTE] oh i forgot to include "it" thats always a good one
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;31720682]I, uhh... I dunno. How am I supposed to know it's a MtF? Furthermore I'd probably do what pretty much everyone does upon approaching a gender-ambiguous person: avoid the use of such pronouns entirely.[/QUOTE] I was pretty close, he went for the cop-out.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;31720682]I, uhh... I dunno. How am I supposed to know it's a MtF? [/QUOTE] well, the previous customers, and their coworker, all refer to her as a "she" she has a beard, a muscular figure, and a masculine voice though
[QUOTE=child birth;31720696]well, the previous customers, and their coworker, all refer to her as a "she" she has a beard, a muscular figure, and a masculine voice though[/QUOTE] Beard is kinda pushing it, but it's a fair question.
In that case I would probably refer to her as her coworkers did. Honestly have my posts on this specific subject been any more offensive than 90% of the people on this forum's would be given a random question like that? You're just treating me like this because of my earlier posts.
[QUOTE=Kopimi;31717515]even though i'll get yelled at, i agree marching around half naked doesn't seem to be the right way to gain political respect[/QUOTE] Uh, most gay pride marches look like this: [img]http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/4/1246727152564/Banners-at-the-front-of-t-009.jpg[/img]
Ugh, when do we get gender neutral pronouns. [QUOTE=amute;31720760]Uh, most gay pride marches look like this: [img]http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/4/1246727152564/Banners-at-the-front-of-t-009.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] I only see the flashy ones on the news.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;31720721]In that case I would probably refer to her as her coworkers did. Honestly have my posts on this specific subject been any more offensive than 90% of the people on this forum's would be given a random question like that? You're just treating me like this because of my earlier posts.[/QUOTE] There are a lot of offensive posters, but most don't stick around to defend their remarks.
Now [i]that[/i] is something I would not look forward to. Anyways I'm gonna go now guys, alright? Buh bye. Love you all [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/heart.png[/img] [editline]13th August 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Megafanx13;31720773]There are a lot of offensive posters, but most don't stick around to defend their remarks.[/QUOTE] I meant in reference to this SPECIFIC subject, the gender-ambiguous store clerk. If you approach people on Facepunch with that question 90% will be really confused and weirded out, as was I. I'm not being outlandishly offensive.
[QUOTE=Rubs10;31720764]Ugh, when do we get gender neutral pronouns. I only see the flashy ones on the news.[/QUOTE] That's sensationalist news. They normally show ones for gay "pride" in big cities. Those are far and few between.
It's not trying to represent what the gay community is actually like in day-to-day life. Everyone here just sees Pride as a great big party. It's important to have it around, I think. As a queer teenager, being able to to go to pride and see how many people were there, who were so open, was a really helpful thing. It gets quite lonely sometimes. The feeling of isolation is awful.
[QUOTE=AtomicWaffle;31722089]It's not trying to represent what the gay community is actually like in day-to-day life. Everyone here just sees Pride as a great big party. It's important to have it around, I think. As a queer teenager, being able to to go to pride and see how many people were there, who were so open, was a really helpful thing. It gets quite lonely sometimes. The feeling of isolation is awful.[/QUOTE] This is an important facet of the issue to consider as well.
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