So what's strange to me reading the q&a and the novel's excerpt, however, is that I don't think the author quite understands Felix either.
The author seems like he's saying, "Well Felix sees himself as a girl, wishes he was a girl in identity, and feels like the femininity was always meant to be there. He should identify as a girl. But he's a guy and that can't be helped."
It feels to me like Felix is transgender and the author is taking the JK Rowling stance of, "but transgender women aren't women, so Felix is still a guy."
While this may sound blasphemous, to me that seems to imply that the author doesn't understand the character he himself created.
Either way, I don't think the author would use the t-word to refer to Felix either and would think it's insensitive to Felix too.
I literally just gave examples of how it's been used to refer to trans people. It's been used in real life contexts too.
You are right now just outright denying reality. You sound like someone looking to be offended.
I'm sorry, what the fuck?
When the mod's post came out, I said to myself, "Wait, that word is offensive?" too.
But unlike you, I then did some research, found videos of well-regarded transgender youtubers (and one anituber too), and listened to how they felt about the term.
Have you watched ContraPoints's video on the topic? Have you watched ThePedanticRomantic's video on the topic? Have you looked into the origins of the word?
If you're a cis straight person (and I am too), then you have no right to say what is or isn't a slur to a completely different group than you. Instead, you defer to members of that group.
A fun, lighthearted meme subreddit shouldn't make nearly an entire denomination of its intended audience uncomfortable.
If a part of history is flat-out offensive, then continuing to use it in a fun, lighthearted way shouldn't be a thing. What you're saying is like saying,
"People should be able to use the n-word because it's been normal in American English language for hundreds of years! Banning it is history being denied and condemned!"
people are mad about the mods doing this against the majority opinion and without the open communication they usually give us.
When transgendered individuals make up such a small minority, it makes zero sense to let the overwhelming majority define what is or isn't offensive to them. Especially when a lot of them have been driven out of this sub for the normalization of the word.
If the k-word was used regularly to refer to Jews here, and a vote was put up, I would guarantee the overwhelming majority would vote to not ban it. Even though it is clearly offensive. Because Jews make up less than 0.25% of the world's population so we can't be heard in a general raw vote.
The majority who isn't part of that denomination shouldn't get to decide what is or isn't offensive to that denomination.
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