Just wondering ...

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PamsterWheel · 11/09/2018 17:51

Is it going to 'acceptable' to say that someone USED to be a man or would this be considered hatespeak because that person has self ID'd as a woman ergo was always a woman?

MNHQ genuinely not being goady and would really like to know where I stand on this so I don't get myself a criminal record in the not too distant Orwellian future.

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PamsterWheel · 11/09/2018 18:19

I don't mean saying it to someone's face but perhaps in conversation with someone else

'oh so and so used to be a man which may help to explain why they've knocked 1.4 seconds off the female world record in the 200m. More muscle mass etc'

Interestingly I wonder how Drs will get around this when explaining to a transwoman that they are more in danger of A, B or C because they ... well ... because ... of something they are not allowed to acknowledge.

Clearly there's going to have to be some guidelines. Perhaps new words will be invented.

It's a very interesting topic to discuss . Discussion, of course, still alive and kicking on these boards, right?

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VickyEadie · 11/09/2018 18:01

I know I got a strike on here for implying a prominent transwoman used to be a man...even though it's a matter of record.

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