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Transgender Help

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  • Errata
    Errata Posts: 38,230 Forumite
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    Person_one wrote: »
    Its offensive to call transwomen 'blokes' whether they hear about it or not.
    Can you explain why? I call men blokes and if a woman to all intents and purposes is male why would they be offended to be called a bloke?
    .................:)....I'm smiling because I have no idea what's going on ...:)
  • Ames
    Ames Posts: 18,459 Forumite
    I think he was talking about male to female transgendered as blokes - ie ones living as women.
    Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.
  • Emmzi
    Emmzi Posts: 8,658 Forumite
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    http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jun/30/trans-language-transgender
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  • robpw2
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    Errata wrote: »
    Can you explain why? I call men blokes and if a woman to all intents and purposes is male why would they be offended to be called a bloke?
    because , they are not blokes , they are women who were born men , they feel like women an they want to be women , i would be offended if someone called me a girl because im not


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  • Person_one
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    Errata wrote: »
    Can you explain why? I call men blokes and if a woman to all intents and purposes is male why would they be offended to be called a bloke?

    Are you serious?

    Gender is about so much more than biological sex, please do some googling!
  • Ames
    Ames Posts: 18,459 Forumite
    Person_one wrote: »
    Are you serious?

    Gender is about so much more than biological sex, please do some googling!

    I think Errata thought that it was female to male that was being called blokes.

    I think.
    Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.
  • Person_one
    Person_one Posts: 28,884 Forumite
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    Ames wrote: »
    I think Errata thought that it was female to male that was being called blokes.

    I think.

    Ah, ok. I was surprised because Errata is normally quite sensible!
  • Wilma33
    Wilma33 Posts: 681 Forumite
    I think it is unprofessional to mention it on your CV and don't think it needs to be mentioned in an interview either. Isn't it like someone saying they are gay on their CV and then mentioning it again in the interview?!
  • Errata
    Errata Posts: 38,230 Forumite
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    I became confused about which to what was being discussed :o
    .................:)....I'm smiling because I have no idea what's going on ...:)
  • thegirlintheattic
    thegirlintheattic Posts: 2,761 Forumite
    Don't worry Errata. I'm surprised people jumped on you - most people will spend their entire lives having never met a trans person, why would they be expected to know the terms!

    For info:
    transwoman - born male now female
    transman - born female now male
    cis - non-transgendered person
    gender queer - can be used for someone who is not identifying as male or female
    use the pronoun of the 'aquired' gender i.e. she for someone who is now female
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