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I hate that "identifies as" thing. (hexbear.net)
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People do not "identify as" a gender. They ARE that gender.

The one person was going on about how I "identify as a woman".

I don't "identify" as a woman, I am a woman! (I think. Honestly I'm still figuring that one out!)

The whole "identifies as" thing comes off to me as "Oh sure, we'll TOTALLY acknowledge you're true nature!" in this backhanded compliment type of way.

Nobody goes "I identify as straight." or "I identify as 143cm tall."

And nobody goes "I identify as female." except for the occasional misguided queer.

It's almost exclusively someone else who does the "%s identifies as %s" thing.

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[–] 6 points 2 days ago (1 child)

On official forms in the UK now, they ask what you identify as so I guess everyone filling out forms now says they identify as whatever. For example it will say:

Do you identify as:

Man

Woman

Other

Prefer not to say

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago*

    If you wanted to try and take a positive from it, that could be one way to get around the bullshit the government have been trying to push lately. No no we are not recording their genetics, we are just recording what they want to be identified as.

    Its not a female toilet, its for anyone who identifies as a woman. Or if you wanted to be more literal by the normally used icons, skirt or trousers. Not sure where that leaves men in kilts though.

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