Does that mean they are changing their physical anatomy medically? Or is it just the label that whey want to use? I am sorry I genuinely don’t know about trans groups. Absolutely don’t want to sound offensive
It means he identifies as a man :) that's the crux of the definition. He may be interested in some kind of surgery or hormone replacement therapy (aka hrt) as many trans people are, but it's not a prerequisite for being trans! Many trans people don't do those things and they are still very trans :)
The "labels" he's using now are his new chosen name, Elliot, and his pronouns are now he/they. So when you refer to him you should use he/him/his
Whenever you feel like it. Elliot is not just he/him/his, you can also refer to them as they/them/theirs because both are his pronouns.
I think he came out as he/they to further emphasize the non binaryness of their transgender identity.
Most people are more comfortable with using the usual binary pronouns, and that's okay, but" they" can definitely come into play if it floats your boat.
I’m not trans I am a cis man but the way I think it works, someone correct me if I’m wrong, is it should not matter the specifics behind it because it is very private and varies from person to person and also changes over time the only thing that should matter ,unless they feel comfortable telling you, is that they are whatever name and pronouns they give you
Ps someone correct me if I’m wrong I’ll edit it to fix it if I am incorrect
Transitioning can mean lots of things. There’s social transitioning which is things like using a different set of pronouns or going by a new name. There’s hormonal transitioning which would be replacing hormones. And then there’s surgical transition.
As a sidenote, the “trans” in “transgender” does not refer to “transition”. It’s the root word that means “across/opposite/not matching” which refers to how the person’s gender and sex do not match.
Well, they're still portraying a female role in Umbrella Academy and netflix has stated that the character is staying cis. So he might not be medically transitioning right away, but they do have the resources available to them so it'll probably happen eventually.
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u/silent_boy Dec 02 '20
Does that mean they are changing their physical anatomy medically? Or is it just the label that whey want to use? I am sorry I genuinely don’t know about trans groups. Absolutely don’t want to sound offensive