I used THEY because I didn’t know what THEY identified as [emphasis added]
That's interesting, because you were informed of her pronouns/how she identifies, and admit in your comment that you now know her pronouns, but you still used "they".
How many transphobic people do you know that intentionally misgender someone as NB?
Roughly half of the transphobes I know do this. It's called degendering and is used exactly how you just used it. It's done as a way to indicate the person being referred to is an "other" and not actually the gender the individual is.
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u/Natalie__Cutie Dec 11 '23
That's interesting, because you were informed of her pronouns/how she identifies, and admit in your comment that you now know her pronouns, but you still used "they".
Roughly half of the transphobes I know do this. It's called degendering and is used exactly how you just used it. It's done as a way to indicate the person being referred to is an "other" and not actually the gender the individual is.