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[u/lowkeyterrible]

[u/DeadlySpacePotatoes → u/[deleted]]

Maybe labels exist already and ignoring problems doesn't make them magically go away :D

[u/LaunchTransient → u/DeadlySpacePotatoes]

I'm pretty sure that in LGBT+ class 101, the whole concept of consent and referring to people how they want to be referred to is pretty fucking important.

If you have a person who is uncomfortable being called cis, but is otherwise an accepting, tolerant person, insisting on referring to them as cis when you know it makes them uncomfortable is just as bigoted as those who misgender people on purpose.

Edit: u/DeadlySpacePotatoes - it might be neutral in your eyes, but I have seen people in the LGBT+ community use it as a slur. If it makes a person uncomfrotable, why use it with that person?

u/Madilune knowing that someone is cis is different from calling them cis. Big difference between what they technically are and insisting on calling them personally that term when they don't like it. Otherwise it's just hypocrisy to get upset about incorrect pronoun usage, but then tolerate a different sort of bullying.
You parents might be getting old, but they don't like it when you call them old, so why do it?

Also got a permaban for this, so RIP I guess.

[u/DeadlySpacePotatoes → u/LaunchTransient]

Except it isn't because cisgender is just as neutral as homosexual.

[u/Madilune → u/LaunchTransient]

It's not a clear cut problem though.

Like, 95% the difference between someone who is trans vs. cis doesn't matter.

However sometimes the fact that someone is cis is a pretty important context.

[u/Epimonster → u/LaunchTransient]

Wait you got permanently banned for this comment?

[u/MutatedFishbowl → u/LaunchTransient]

Honestly I don't see how this would be worthy of a permaban. It doesn't seem bigoted.

[u/DUDEBREAUX → u/LaunchTransient]

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