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transI really hate it when describing a transgender female, the general public or the press might just say that person "was born a man".
Really?
I don't know anybody that was born a man.
Person 1: "Did you hear? Jenny had a baby!"
Person 2: "Oh, is it a boy or a girl?"
Person 1: "It's a man!"
Everybody I know were born as babies with no gender identity developed yet. Some physically male, some physically female, some physically ambiguous.
I realize I'm preaching to the choir by posting it in this LJ "transgender" community, but saying some MTF was "born a man" is not only insulting... it's extremely ignorant.
Really?
I don't know anybody that was born a man.
Person 1: "Did you hear? Jenny had a baby!"
Person 2: "Oh, is it a boy or a girl?"
Person 1: "It's a man!"
Everybody I know were born as babies with no gender identity developed yet. Some physically male, some physically female, some physically ambiguous.
I realize I'm preaching to the choir by posting it in this LJ "transgender" community, but saying some MTF was "born a man" is not only insulting... it's extremely ignorant.