| In the linked guidelines it says the following: > Honoring people's preferences about gender identity includes not referring to them in ways that conflict with that identity. For instance, not to use pronouns for them that conflict with it. > There are several ways to avoid that; one way is to use gender-neutral pronouns, since they don't conflict with any possible gender identity. > One choice is singular use of “they,” “them” and “their.” > Another choice uses the gender-neutral singular pronouns, “person,” “per” and “pers,” which are used in Information for Maintainers of GNU Software. > Other gender-neutral pronouns have also been used in English. I'm genuinely trying to understand this. That does not spell a strong opposition to the supposedly preferred use of "they".
But even then, does that really warrant the label "transphobe"? Is that all it takes to qualify as a transphobe person, despite all the other points? |
RMS has spent several years railing against "them"/"they", based on his flawed understanding of English.
> Is that all it takes to qualify as a transphobe person, despite all the other points?
If you know my pronouns are he/him but you decide that you can't use those and insist on using they/them instead then yes, you have an irrational dislike of trans people and you're a transphobe, unless you can show that you only use gender neutral pronouns for everyone.