This was my conment on a post saying that pregnant people should always be used instead of pregnant women. My comment was under someone saying vitamins for pregnant women should say vitamins for pregnant people. I have a trans son and many trans friends. My comment was not promoting hate! Fucking reddit mods

  • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@lemmy.today
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    6 months ago

    Seems like you put way too much effort in opposing such a simple change. Why care at all if its changed to “people”? You sound a lot like people “just asking questions.”

    “Biological female” is also a big red-flag.

    Some FTM may not even come out until they’re already pregnant. Some may choose to not take HRT for the purpose of having a biological child. And you don’t need to take HRT to be trans, so it also sound a bit too transmedicalist.

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      Don’t forget the tokenism in the description of this post.

      OP: “It’s ok, I have trans friends”

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      I never said i oposse it. Just that it sounds weird.

      And yeah…should have said assigned female at birth instead of biological female

      • I never said i oposse it.

        Fooled me.

        Just that it sounds weird.

        Seems sus. But honestly its weird what people are about, so I wouldn’t really blame you for feeling that way. For example:

        “I doubt a label such as ‘vitamins for pregnant women’ would”

        Back when I was an egg (ie: I had no clue I was trans), I remember specifically disliking when my parents got me shampoo with the label “men” on it. I’ve gone without deodorant because the one I usually got was out of stock and the next closest thing (the only other “vegan” one I knew of) was labeled “men”. I’ve avoided multivitamins marketed for “men”. I had no clue why that bothered me… I assumed I was cis-by-default. It still makes no sense why I care about any of that. But I certainly don’t doubt there’s trans men who care about such labels, even if just a little. Its probably not in the top 100 in the list of priorities, but there’s no reason to waste even a sentence defending that kind of wording.

        Trans people already deal with enough BS elsewhere. No reason they should tolerate within their own communities. I’m currently banned from such a community I was a regular in and I’ll defend them banning me for what they thought I was saying (even though its based on a complete misunderstanding).