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[dolari]

Am I the only one who gets annoyed at "a transgender?" Its "a transgendered (proper noun)." It is NOT who I am, but a CONDITION of who I am.

I am not "A transgender" but a "transgendered woman."

::waits for the hate mail to start pouring in::

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[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

It sounds bad (I think) because it's a minority reference. That is, I have no problem being referred to as "a woman" and M has no problem being called "a man". Also, to my ears, calling someone "a Christian" is normal whereas calling someone "a Jew" is weird and potentially worrisome, and I vaguely remember a thread on LJ years ago where many Jews agreed, saying that "Jewish" was fine but being called "a Jew" was not cool.

[aesmael.livejournal.com]

On that thread, how would you feel about being called 'a female'? Seems a more analogous term to me than woman, since to me female often registers as an adjective in want of a noun.