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Re:How India's sex workers prevented an Aids epidemic by currymj on Sunday December 16, 2018 @02:41PM (#18694754)
There are differences in usage. For example, it is not correct usage to call someone “a French”. The adjective “transgender” seems to work similarly.
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Re:How India's sex workers prevented an Aids epidemic by pritambaral on Monday December 17, 2018 @06:08AM (#18698224)
> 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.

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