So changing your "gender" is fine, but changing your accent is *weird*...

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If you want a laugh amongst the stress of getting ready for Christmas, then can I point you to this thread on trans Reddit which asks the question:

so im british and have had a british accent my whole life, but it has been causing me a lot of dysphoria recently. im amab and non binary and i want to have a male-sounding voice but for it to be softer and have a more feminine tone (i cant really explain it that well), and i can only really do that voice well while using an american accent. so is it okay to change my accent and if so would other people who already know me be weirded out by it?

The answers are comedy gold. Because changing your "gender(s)" is cool, obvs, but changing your accent is weird 😆

https://www.reddit.com/r/transgenderUK/comments/1psn646/is_it_okay_to_change_my_accent/

We really need the laugh reaction back because I miss being able to laugh at jokes 😂

But, to quote the Izzster

"We say 'herbs' because there's a fucking 'H' in it"

The Ulcabhán gives me Catholic guilt . Or Protestant work ethic vibes. I've paused it for a while. I'll just have to do an immersion course. Osna mór...

Remember the roasting Hilaria Baldwin got for pretending to be Spanish and forgetting the English for cucumber, because she'd been to Spain on holiday? Or Rachel Dolezal presenting as black?

Genderists get annoyed when you bring up examples of "identity hoaxers", because they say that people pretending to be from a different culture or race has nothing in common with gender identity, which emanates from a deep inner authentic wellspring.

However they have everything in common - they're just very inconvenient, because the public clearly view these examples as ludicrous and the people involved become laughing stocks.

Of course the stories behind the front pages are more complex and interesting - Helen Lewis did a good article exploring this, which contains the marvellous phrase (not hers), "Munchausen by internet".

"The Identity Hoaxers: What if people don’t just invent medical symptoms to get attention—what if they feign oppression, too?"
Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 March 2021
archive.ph/KQp4X

Oh yes @ProfessorLadyDrKeenovay , you must never ever mention transracialism because something something completely different! 🙄

It might clash with the planned Kiwi farms mixer.

I'd suggest a later slot, but the Communist Party of Britain Mulled Wine And Mince Pies is then.

When are we going to fit in Goldsmiths Student Union?

Just after our annual Magdalen Berns Memorial quidditch match 🏆

All they need to do is switch ‘American’ for ‘woman’ in their replies