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No, but if you ask me to call you a chartered mechanical engineer when you aren't then that changes things.
by textgel 5y ago
No, but if you ask me to call you a chartered mechanical engineer when you aren't then that changes things.
- mike00632 5y agoTrans people aren't asking to get credit for certifications or degrees they didn't receive. Calling someone by their preferred pronouns isn't bestowing an honorific upon someone (as if it's up to you to be the arbiter of that anyways). It's basic decency.
- textgel 5y agoPronouns are defacto and typically dejure certifications. Do you think previously male transgender women should be permitted to enter women's athletic competition? Do you think it is trans-phobic to say you wouldn't date someone who was transgender? Do you think misgendering a transgender individual should be a "hatecrime"?