• BOMBS@lemmy.worldM
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    1 year ago

    The term “identified” is used as an insult, particularly when referring to transgender people,

    I haven’t heard that before. Is the current progressive trend to avoid using the term “identify” entirely? If so, let’s say I was completing an interview, and I needed to ask someone what ethnicity(ies) they identify with, how would I ask that?

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      1 year ago

      It varies in practice. Most people I see using identify, including many trans people, are well-intentioned and think it’s the preferred polite language without thinking too hard on the implications of it.

      However there are definitely anti-trans people who will use it pejoratively, which I presume is where that wording originated.

      • can@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        If it’s a minority (of people) using it that way they I don’t think they can claim it.