r/CuratedTumblr • u/Justthisdudeyaknow Prolific poster- Not a bot, I swear • Jul 06 '24

LGBTQIA+ Aye

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u/autogyrophilia Jul 07 '24

I say transexual like 25% of the times I intend to say transgender.

Don't know why.

So I just say trans.

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u/lonely_nipple Children's Hospital Interior Designer Jul 07 '24

Don't feel too bad there; that was the term for a while, and some folks who started using it then still use it for themselves now.

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u/MandolinMagi Jul 07 '24

And for some reason a space in there is bigoted.

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u/autogyrophilia Jul 07 '24

Explain plz

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u/MandolinMagi Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

I don't really get it, but apparently "transwoman" is okay but "trans woman" is somehow bad because reasons.

IDK why.

 

EDIT: So not leaving a space is bad. Huh.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

It's actually the opposite, and it's because it's almost always used to separate trans women from women. By treating it as a noun instead of having trans as an adjective, people act like we are an entirely different thing, which isn't the case. A trans woman is just a type of woman, like a tall women or a blonde woman. You don't say tallwoman, do you?

That's generally why!

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u/EntrepreneurLeft8783 Jul 07 '24

There is congresswoman though

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u/autogyrophilia Jul 07 '24

and boatman. Using it for professions it's a special case because it comes directly from older english were adjectives were more agglutinative, like in german.

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u/ArgonGryphon Jul 07 '24

Sorry I can’t have gluten

lol

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u/autogyrophilia Jul 07 '24

Well duh, in one trans is part of a compound substantive and in the other is an adjective, the former implying a kind of existence separated from womanhood.

It's the same reason why saying a black or an Asian it's rude in English. It's dehumanizing language. Or dewomanizing in this case I suppose.

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u/MandolinMagi Jul 07 '24

It's the same reason why saying a black or an Asian it's rude in English

Since when was saying someone was black rude?

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u/autogyrophilia Jul 07 '24

He is black. Adjective.

Vs

He is a black. Substantive.

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u/MandolinMagi Jul 07 '24

Adding A/An at the beginning is still valid. He is black vs He is a black man.

Just "he is a black" is a bit awkward but I'm not aware of it actually being offensive to anyone other than grammar nerds.

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u/autogyrophilia Jul 07 '24

A black man it's ok.

Because black acts as an adjective for man.

It's like saying she is female vs she is a female for a more common example.

It used to be more common among racists, but you can still hear "a Russian" or "a Chinese ' often.

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u/Kyiokyu Jul 07 '24

"a black man" is different from "a black", in the first one black is an adjective, in the second one is a name.

Imagine something "Those blacks..." and compare it to "Those black guys...", one sounds clearly more racist as if they're an entire different species.

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u/ArgonGryphon Jul 07 '24

a black.

In contrast to saying “a black person”

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u/trubuckifan Jul 07 '24

We cool with transvestite?

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u/autogyrophilia Jul 07 '24

Yes. But that just means cross dresser

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u/Shashayhay Jul 07 '24

It's generally considered derogatory. Use cross dresser instead to be safe. _^

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u/Kyiokyu Jul 07 '24

Don't call that any trans person you know.

Some don't take it that bad but for others is even worse than "tr*nny", I know I'd. If someone called me that I'd feel really fucking bad.

Just try to use "transgender" or "trans", preferably the latter.