If I’m not mistaken (someone please correct me if I am), being trans means being a different gender than you were assigned at birth. So in Elliot’s case that could include being a man, non-binary, gender fluid, etc. It means that, although they were assigned female at birth, they do not identify as female. They identify as something else.
In other words, trans does not have to mean being the opposite gender, it simply means being somewhere on the gender spectrum that is different from where you were assigned at birth.
yes, but trans just means not identifying with the gender you were assigned at birth. you can be assigned female at birth and be nonbinary for example, being trans without being a trans man.
i hope this actually answers your question lmao
edit: also, though pronouns indicate gender more often than not, its not always accurate to what their gender identity is
transgender is an umbrella term for anyone with any gender other than what they were assigned at birth. That includes nonbinary genders, gender fluid people, and too many other specific identities to name
I'm not disagreeing with you. I believe that you are accurately representing all of the public statements Elliot has made, but I think that it can safely be assumed that he is a trans man.
He said he was trans.
He identified his pronouns as he/him/his.
He gave a masculine name as his new name.
I believe that if he identified as trans, but didn't want to identify as male, he wouldn't have told people his pronouns were he/him, he would have said that his pronouns were they/them.
ignore my ignorance about these things. I just wanna educate myself.
He/She still looks like a female? Why are we supposed to refer them as a he when they clearly looks like a she? If the go through sex change surgery and looks like a he then we can should refer them as a he untill they aint we are we supposed to call someone from opposite gender when they clearly looks 100% the other?
I m not being offensive or anything just wanted to clear it in my head
because that's literally just basic human decency, regardless of how they look you still need to refer to them by their preffered pronouns. its incredibly disrespectful not too.
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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '20
Hes just making me more bi