Byrdie(switch female){rl only}
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6 years ago •
Jun 17, 2018
Personals title adjustment
I've had a little bit of cognitive dissonance when looking at the list of Personals sections here, and I finally realized why. All of them are titles some form of " [role] [ gender] seeking [role] [gender] " except for the very last one, which is called "Transgenders Board". I have a few observations about this:
* "Transgenders" generally isn't considered to be an inclusive, welcoming term to transgender people. It's a grammatical issue that involves using an adjective as a noun, and can be considered dehumanizing when referring to people. Please see the references below: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-to-use-the-word-transgender_us_58b6ed0fe4b060480e0db6b5 https://www.dailydot.com/irl/guide-to-covering-transgender-people/ http://www.basicrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Trans-Media-Reference.pdf * "Transgenders Board" makes it sound like a discussion group, rather than a personals listing. Perhaps titling it "Seeking Trans / Trans Seeking" would help smooth it out a bit, and make it look a bit more consistent with the other personals section titles. I know that it's just an issue of titling a sub-section of the website, but a little respect goes a long way. Thank you for your consideration in this matter. |
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Byrdie(switch female){rl only}
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6 years ago •
Jun 17, 2018
(I can't edit my original post.)
"Transgender Personals" is also a possible new section title. |
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Villanelle(staff)
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6 years ago •
Jun 17, 2018
Thanks for the feedback! I'll have a word with CM about it
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