3 ms·
Yes. People are allowed to have a preferred label. If there is a different label preferred by those people whose gender identity matches their gender assigned a
by jfengel 2y ago
Yes. People are allowed to have a preferred label. If there is a different label preferred by those people whose gender identity matches their gender assigned at birth/biological sex, please tell us what it is. We'll use it.
Unless, of course, the term is insulting to other people. In particular, words like "normal" are not useful, because they imply that other people are in some way defective. Trans people are not defective; they are perfectly healthy trans people.
So if you can tell me your preferred label, let me know, and I'll use it. But if you're really just saying you don't want to be labeled at all, then you're out of luck.
Personally, I'm perfectly happy to be labeled "cisgender". It seems accurate. The term has never been used as a term of opprobrium. Nobody has ever be threatened with it. So I'm perfectly happy.
If your experience differs, then let us know and we'll find a better label.