Hey all y'all need to stop using "guys" in mixed company.
- My trans girlfriend is not a guy.
- My cis girlfriend is not a guy.
- I'm not a guy (or a girl, but that's not relevant here).
Misgendering is misgendering—even if "everyone's doing it".
Patriarchy shouldn't be the default.
@alice
I'm from Texas, so "y'all" has always been a thing. Took a while for y'all to catch up, tbqf.
@Colette_Libertine @alice The South has led the way in inclusive language?
@ech
Interestingly enough, there have been pockets of inclusive social groups in the south going back at least a century. Some of the bible-thumping outsiders shun them, but some of the time, they are just regarded as "oh that group of shy girls that all live together and have never found husbands"
It can be hard to tell who knows the truth vs who is just being willfully ignorant 😆
(And of course, celebration is better than acceptance. But acceptance is better than nothing)
@ech @alice
Sure, why not?