LGBTQIA+ on Yik Yak | Hi everyone! I wanted some opinions if that’s okay! A new friend of mine is a trans guy and we were talking a lot but i happened to be saying “girlll omg” or “girl that’s insane”. I say the same things to my coworkers (who are all men). I never think

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Hi everyone! I wanted some opinions if that’s okay! A new friend of mine is a trans guy and we were talking a lot but i happened to be saying “girlll omg” or “girl that’s insane”. I say the same things to my coworkers (who are all men). I never think—

Anonymous 11w

Just ask them about it

Anonymous 11w

anything of it since i say girl so often. i got to thinking after we hung out tho, could that have maybe made them feel dysphoric? i remember recounting a conversation with my bf to them and how i was using “girl” with my bf too but idk. I would hate to make anyone feel bad :((

Anonymous 11w

Girls get called guys everyday… the men can get over it

Anonymous 11w

I mean why change how you talk if you have no bad intentions, wouldn’t it be transphobic to give him a different treatment?

Anonymous

#1 11w

if a trans man gets dysphoric when called a girl then he’s fully in his right to tell you to stop, he doesn’t have to “get over it.” same for trans women, or non-binary people in general.

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Anonymous 11w

they didn’t, but that’s what i was thinking too. i know sometimes it’s a hard thing to bring up so i don’t blame them if they didn’t wanna