PSA

homojabi:

• It’s trans, not trans*
• It’s trans men and trans women, not transmen and transwomen—trans is an adjective that answers “what kind of men/women"—cis works the same way
• Never call trans men FTMs or trans women MTFs without their permission
• Trans is short for transgender, it’s not plural for anything—trans person and trans people are both correct
• Never use “born in the wrong body” or “used to be a boy and became a girl” or “biologically/genetically male/female”—all are just fancy ways to misgender someone (self identification with these phrases is different)
• Transgendered is wrong, so is “a transgender” and “transgenders”
• Being trans is not a sexuality nor is it a “sexual disorder” or any kind of disorder at all—gender identity disorder is not a real thing, and being trans isn’t a medical condition
• “Transsexual” is generally considered an offensive term and should never be used to describe someone without their permission
• Don’t refer to a trans person’s gender as their gender identity, it’s just their gender
• Similarly don’t refer to their pronouns as “preferred pronouns"—they’re not preferred, they’re mandatory