Cromalin [she/her]@hexbear.netM to traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agodealing with gender reveal partieshexbear.netimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down10
arrow-up1108arrow-down1imagedealing with gender reveal partieshexbear.netCromalin [she/her]@hexbear.netM to traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareLemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoI’m sorry if I upset you a bit… I was kinda half-joking with my remarks (you’re not gonna get struggle-session’d to death) , but yeah, “it” sounds like type of pronoun transphobes use instead of “they”, out of spite… let alone as a term for babies…
minus-squarezed_proclaimer [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoIt’s also a term that has been used historically to dehumanize oppressed groups and rob them of their humanity. If someone wants to take “it” as their pronoun, that’s fine for them but it should never be applied by others onto someone as it’s dehumanizing.
I’m sorry if I upset you a bit… I was kinda half-joking with my remarks (you’re not gonna get struggle-session’d to death) , but yeah, “it” sounds like type of pronoun transphobes use instead of “they”, out of spite… let alone as a term for babies…
It’s also a term that has been used historically to dehumanize oppressed groups and rob them of their humanity.
If someone wants to take “it” as their pronoun, that’s fine for them but it should never be applied by others onto someone as it’s dehumanizing.