Re:How India's sex workers prevented an Aids epidemic
by thebooktocome on Sunday December 16, 2018 @05:43AM
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"Transgender" is an adjective, not a noun. Try "trans people" instead.
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Re:How India's sex workers prevented an Aids epidemic
by pritambaral on Sunday December 16, 2018 @07:02AM
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Calling a transgender person "a transgender" and a group of transgender people "transgenders" is similar to calling an Indian person "an Indian" and a group of Indian people "Indians".
Re:How India's sex workers prevented an Aids epidemic
by noobiemcfoob on Sunday December 16, 2018 @10:55AM
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I've yet to see any rule on such language apply across all LBGTQ populations without issue. Don't speak with such authority on issues which has no authority.
Re:How India's sex workers prevented an Aids epidemic
by currymj on Sunday December 16, 2018 @02:41PM
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There are differences in usage. For example, it is not correct usage to call someone “a French”. The adjective “transgender” seems to work similarly.
Re:How India's sex workers prevented an Aids epidemic
by pritambaral on Monday December 17, 2018 @06:08AM
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> For example, it is not correct usage to call someone “a French”.
Only because the established term was "a Frenchman". There is no such established term for the group under discussion.
Re:How India's sex workers prevented an Aids epidemic
by brozaman on Sunday December 16, 2018 @12:14PM
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What's wrong with that? I'm a Spanish man and I wouldn't be offended at all if I were in a group was referred to as "Spaniards" or "men".
Re:How India's sex workers prevented an Aids epidemic
by pritambaral on Sunday December 23, 2018 @05:48PM
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I was arguing that both are equally correct.