UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 22 hours agoI'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down131file-text
arrow-up1193arrow-down1imageI'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all?lemmy.mlUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square132fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareShareMySims@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 hours ago The literal meaning isn’t gender neutral, but in actual practice, it 100% is. Unless you can ask a straight man how many guys he’s slept with, it isn’t gender neutral, no matter how resistant to this fact you are.
minus-squareGrenfur@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoI don’t see the issue with using the term “guys” in the plural when referring to a group regardless of sex. That would align with the definition of the word. I’m pretty sure that’s how they meant it.
Unless you can ask a straight man how many guys he’s slept with, it isn’t gender neutral, no matter how resistant to this fact you are.
I don’t see the issue with using the term “guys” in the plural when referring to a group regardless of sex. That would align with the definition of the word. I’m pretty sure that’s how they meant it.