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If anyone can find more pixels for me i would appreciate it.

Thanks y'all.

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[โ€“] nadiaraven@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Y'all is the opposite of offensive for trans people. I lived in the south for a while, and I now use y'all specifically to be inclusive. I wouldn't say "you guys" is offensive to trans women, but I would say for me and likely other trans women it briefly brings to mind being misgendered in the past, so I would call it a small kindness to ube as gender neutral as possible.

[โ€“] myusernameis@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Yup, I specifically use y'all and recommend it to people (like my parents) to replace gendered phrases, and I'm not from the y'all zone.

Still up for debate, "dude" and "hun/hon".

*I'm a trans woman also

[โ€“] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As a cis male, I've exclusively been called "Hun / Hon" by waitresses and gay men.

I've not been offended by any of them.

[โ€“] Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

There's a hidden usage of "hon" from the history of the toxic trans communities message boards to mean "trans women who don't pass" and is used condescendingly. That usage is basically dead in the water and barely known outside of a pretty narrow sliver of the queer community but it can still get you a side eye in some places.

[โ€“] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago

Oof, noted.

I'll keep that in my head as something to watch for

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