This is why ‘misgendering’ is a ridiculous concept. It implies there’s an objective truth, yet the genderists also demand the right to change their gender identity at will. If I gender you ‘correctly’ today, what happens when you change your identity tomorrow? Was I wrong today?
A leading candidate to become co-leader of the Green Party was once hailed as ‘the new lesbian face of Britain’. Calling this aristocratic eco-warrior ‘she’ wasn’t a problem. They now call themselves trans (so ‘he’, surely?) *and* non-binary (no it’s ‘they’, you ignorant bigot).
Elements of the media are already saying TO is thought to be the first non-binary leadership candidate in the whole world evaaaah…but what if they aren’t next week? Who’s the misgenderer then?
I bet the whole ‘right to change your identity at will’ thing causes a few hollow laughs among detransitioners, the ultimate social pariahs, who are denounced as bigots for daring to change their minds, and whom academics aren’t even allowed to study. For them, the damage is done

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