Does language should be collectively arranged before it is actually offensive? How about subtler phrasings that unconsciously undermine people, especially transgender and people that are nonbinary?

Ignoring what others identify by themselves as can actually be alienating and often traumatizing. The abuse of pronouns may seem innocent, but it addittionally sets the speaker’s disquiet and values ahead of the other person’s. Or in other words, it is a type of discrimination and damaging to presume someone’s pronouns by taking a look at them.

Talking about individuals with terms or expressions they don’t agree with — like “it’s only a phase” — is really a destructive force that suggests a sense of question, dream, or role-play. Continue reading →