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Why do you assume the gender they tell people isn't their legal gender? Some jurisdictions allow changing it. Do you keep track of people's names? Their partne
by pseudalopex 6y ago
Why do you assume the gender they tell people isn't their legal gender? Some jurisdictions allow changing it.
Do you keep track of people's names? Their partners' names? Their jobs?
Did you ever think someone was a different gender when you first saw them? What did you do after you realized?
- Aeolun 6y ago> Why do you assume the gender they tell people isn't their legal gender? Some jurisdictions allow changing it. I don’t. But generally, by the time someone is legally allowed to change their gender it’ll be fairly hard to call them anything else, so most of the issues come from the transitional phase. > Do you keep track of people's names? Their partners' names? Their jobs? Fair point, though the answer is somewhere in between. I suck at remembering names too :) I don’t think I’ve ever had to deal with it, which is probably part of the reason I find it hard to imagine.
- jakelazaroff 6y ago> But generally, by the time someone is legally allowed to change their gender it’ll be fairly hard to call them anything else, so most of the issues come from the transitional phase. For what it’s worth, literally everyone I’ve ever met that requests specific pronouns is fine with occasional slip-ups as long as you make a good faith effort to get it right.
- pseudalopex 6y agoSome places have no prerequisites for changing legal gender. Some places don't allow it at all. Trans people can look androgynous just like cis people. And non binary people can look male or female.