re: #117 windsagio

to be honest I’m not hugely a fan of the term transgendered either, altho its pretty much the standard now (and believe it or not I can accept reality sometiems :p)

Trans- and Cis- gendered always strikes me as too eager to define yourself and others.

Well, I see them as being useful in more academic settings, where related topics may come up for actual discussion. Obviously, it’s not normally important or proper to identify someone as a trans woman/man or a cis woman/man. That and most people won’t even understand what you’re talking about.

re: #129 SanFranciscoZionist

I think because ‘woman who has female written on her birth certificate and feels that was correct’ is hard to fit felicitously into a sentence.

IIUC, it’s something that developed in transgender forums, and has spread in usage from there.

That’s a good way of putting it!