> Many people call me by a common nickname, I personally never cared one way or another. This misses the point. If you would be bothered by an actually offensi

> Many people call me by a common nickname, I personally never cared one way or another. This misses the point. If you would be bothered by an actually offensive nickname, surely you can empathise with trans people who feel the same way about pronouns. If you are truly unoffendable, great, but you must realise that you're unusual in that respect, and that trans people are far from the only ones 'dictating' how others refer to them. In any case, this comment is more to the point (you may have already seen and downvoted it, I'm not sure): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27002002 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27002002