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Who accuses these guidelines of transphobia and why?
by 2pEXgD0fZ5cF 6y ago
Who accuses these guidelines of transphobia and why?
- crazypython 6y agoThe RMS Open Letter says the guidelines are "still transphobic": https://rms-open-letter.github.io/appendix#i18n-dropdown-button:~:text=This%20text%20has%20since%20been%20updated%2C%20but%20is%20still%20transphobic https://rms-open-letter.github.io/appendix#i18n-dropdown-but...
- 2pEXgD0fZ5cF 6y ago> This text has since been updated, but is still transphobic. The archived link [1] they provide to backup this claim already contains lines like the following: > Honoring people's preferences about gender identity includes not referring to them in ways that conflict with that identity. So I have to say the fact that the authors of this letter just put this out there while linking sources that are in contradiction to what they claim is...pretty concerning. [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20210325014959/https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/kind-communication.html https://web.archive.org/web/20210325014959/https://www.gnu.o...
- zepto 6y ago“This text has since been updated, but is still transphobic.16 The main page on his web site includes the statement that “‘They’ is plural — for singular antecedents, use singular gender-neutral pronouns.”17” For what it’s worth, I don’t understand why this is transphobic, but I would be curious to find out.
- implements 6y agoI assume they are being considered transphobic because the option to use neutral pronouns instead of the desired gendered ones is non-affirmative.