But you would say straight man or gay woman. Are we left without any way to refer to the gender of trans people? How someone presents is descriptively important in a lot of contexts, particularly social. If you don’t offer up an alternative people aren’t going to adopt your point of view.
yea, that’s fine to say we’re trans (when it’s relevant), all i’m asking for here is for you to put a space in between the words “trans” and “women” (or men). treat it as two words, not one. if that’s already what you were doing, then that’s good 👍
What are we saying now?
“trans women” and “trans men”, with the space. trans is an adjective, like tall or smart. you wouldn’t say tallmen or smartwomen in one word either.
But you would say straight man or gay woman. Are we left without any way to refer to the gender of trans people? How someone presents is descriptively important in a lot of contexts, particularly social. If you don’t offer up an alternative people aren’t going to adopt your point of view.
yea, that’s fine to say we’re trans (when it’s relevant), all i’m asking for here is for you to put a space in between the words “trans” and “women” (or men). treat it as two words, not one. if that’s already what you were doing, then that’s good 👍