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House hearing abruptly ends after GOP lawmaker misgenders Sarah McBride (www.usatoday.com)
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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

We can tell the difference between someone struggling to be polite and someone being malicious.

We know when we don't pass. We are hyper conscious of it. We are not going to jump on you for honest mistakes. We definitely do not want to make our gender your problem.

Personally, I don't care what you believe in your heart, or even what you say behind my back. If you are polite to my face, I'm cool. We can be cool. That's all I ask. If you are not, I will remove myself from the situation.

I cannot fathom the courage of Sarah McBride. She is incredible to endure this shit every day.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    That's been my experience with my trans homies. As long as you try and get the pronouns right, little slips ain't a big deal. They usually seem shocked that a redneck like me would even make the effort. Which is real fucken sad cause I figure that means they deal with it maliciously, more often than not, from people that look and talk like me.

    Mr. Rogers would have something to say about not treating people like they want to be treated. If Mr. Rogers would be disappointed in the way you treat others, you're fucking up and should feel bad.

    I have a dumb tongue and really struggle with non-english names, it's the same thing, normal people don't care as long you make an effort.

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