Regarding the pronoun thing, I don't care. If Eddie Izzard was sitting with me, I'd use "she" pronouns to be polite. But that doesn't mean Eddie Izzard is a woman Eddie is male. I'm perfectly willing to be courteous in social situations but will not ignore biological reality
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You can still be polite without confirming a fiction. Eddie is a man, you know that because you've said as much. So why are you willing to appease him and give away a word that belongs to adult human females? For years he has had my respect as a GNC man, but he just binned that.
If I were told I *had* to call Eddie and others a she, I'd refuse on principal. But while the option is mine, I don't mind being courteous. I have trans friends whose pronouns I still occasionally fuck up, but I try to be respectful to those who return the favour
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I understand about being courteous, that's me by nature, and it's a hard thing to just stop being. But now, knowing everything I do, and seeing where "kindness" and being "polite" has gotten us, I just could not in good conscience say the lie.
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That's understandable, and I don't think it's wrong or rude for you or others to call Eddie a he. People should only do or say what they're personally comfortable with.
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