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>The policy in question appears to be affirmatively requiring moderators not to (deliberately) mis-gender trans people This is either incorrect or relies on an
by yanderekko 7y ago
>The policy in question appears to be affirmatively requiring moderators not to (deliberately) mis-gender trans people
This is either incorrect or relies on an unconventionally broad notion of "misgendering." Normally misgendering is understood to be the act of using pronouns other than a person's preferred pronouns, the point of controversy is that now simply avoiding pronouns can be considered an act of misgendering. This is new territory.
- lilyball 7y agoIf you very conspicuously avoid using pronouns for someone, it’s pretty obvious what’s going on and that you’re deliberately avoiding gendering someone correctly. It’s not as bad as using the wrong pronouns, but it’s still very disrespectful.
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoI think we need to see this policy. Particularly on a Q&A site, avoiding gendered pronouns altogether strikes me as the _most_ practical policy. It's what I (try my best to remember to) do on Hacker News. I don't know what pronouns the GP prefers, and I can't very well ask them right now, so if I have to refer to them, I'll either say "they" or "the GP".
- dragonwriter 7y agoThe specific complaint made by one of the mods is that avoiding pronouns for or disengaging from a specific person to avoid using is viewed as improper under the new CoC. That's not the same as avoiding pronouns generally, it's differential treatment of an individual for not conforming to your preferred gender expression.
- damnyou 7y agoThe line is when you treat trans and nonbinary people differently from cis people.