• BlueSharkEnjoyer@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    It varies in practice. Most people I see using identify, including many trans people, are well-intentioned and think it’s the preferred polite language without thinking too hard on the implications of it.

    However there are definitely anti-trans people who will use it pejoratively, which I presume is where that wording originated.

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      1 year ago

      If it’s a minority (of people) using it that way they I don’t think they can claim it.