Comment on Would magically turning all trans people into the gender they want to be be unethical?
MagosInformaticus@sopuli.xyz 5 months agoIf I describe someone as a “tall man” or “clever man”, do those qualifiers/subcategorizations call into question whether he is a “man”?
If they don’t, I’m genuinely interested in hearing what distinction you apparently see between those two and saying he is a “trans man”.
VizualWarrior@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Hmmm well I would think of those more as descriptors, which I suppose the label “trans” is, but are there any people that would prefer to be seen as their chosen gender without the need of the additional label? I have a friend that has transitioned from female to male and I don’t think of them as a trans man. He’s a man and has always been a man to me.
MagosInformaticus@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Interesting. I guess for me the “trans” bit just isn’t as strongly coupled to the person - that it’s natural to use “man” for such a person in general, but there are contexts like healthcare and the politics of healthcare that make the subcategory someone falls into relevant.