• Lemminary@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        It implies a sex change op which is quite invasive of people’s privacy. It’s also inaccurate for a lot of trans folks who may only change their gender expression and avoid the operation altogether, hence the adoption of transgender that has the right emphasis.

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            2 days ago

            What’s the issue?
            It has the wrong implications.

            Sorry, I wasn’t clear!

            It also sounds lewd but there’s a similar debate about “queer” even though that one has been mostly reclaimed.

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        Not op, but I was taught by one of my trans friends it was an old term and not very correct nowadays as it inferred being trans was something sexual and not just yknow, bring trans ig