Gender Neutral language

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Fair dues, I probably still thought I was a fire engine at that stage.

It was a tough period of my life but at 14 I informed my family that I am now a Beko refrigerator. Never looked back.

 

[lucyblue]

Did you just assume their age?

When I was 4 years old I decided to identify as a man.

I teach older kids, 10 and 11 year olds. The way it's going with transgender and all that, in a few years I wont be able to address them as boys and girls in case they are transgender.

 

[Ancient Citizen]

I teach older Cisgenders, 10 and 11 year olds. The way it's going with Pangenders, Transgenders, Third Sex,
Genderqueers, and all that, in a few years I wont be able to address them as boys and girls in case they are transgender, Drag Queen, Non Binary Transgender,Two Spirit, FTM, Androgyne, or Bi Gendered

Edited in the drive for inclusion ;)

 

[Ghandi's Flip Flops]

I teach older kids, 10 and 11 year olds. The way it's going with transgender and all that, in a few years I wont be able to address them as boys and girls in case they are transgender.

It's sorta gone that way already, with kids now identifying as 'gender fluid' etc.



Imagine the problems that will cause you when they start turning up in your class. They could be boys on Monday & Tuesday, girls on Wednesday & Thursday and then neither on a Friday.
Also, would prizes or awards based on gender now become defunct? Otherwise you could have a gender fluid kid winning prizes in both categories.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Only thanks to the public outcry on the story breaking in the papers was the instructions not to allow Ba ba Black sheep withdrawn by Birmingham city council, funny enough they then claimed it was because "Black parents" objected.

The story that has appeared every year for the last 10 years in the Daily Express and every time no evidence has been put forward.

It even turned up in Australia.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baa,_Baa,_Black_Sheep

 

[Gelsons Dad]

It's sorta gone that way already, with kids now identifying as 'gender fluid' etc.



Imagine the problems that will cause you when they start turning up in your class. They could be boys on Monday & Tuesday, girls on Wednesday & Thursday and then neither on a Friday.
Also, would prizes or awards based on gender now become defunct? Otherwise you could have a gender fluid kid winning prizes in both categories.

Parents need arresting for child abuse.

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

I will have to be careful at this rate. I won't be allowed to call children in my class boys and girls.

Okay boys, girls and Apache helicopters

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

There are people who live out their lives as professional offendee's.

I once got into an argument with some idiot who was offended that I wasn't offended. I can't even remember what I was supposed to be offended about.

I'm offended you can't remember

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

I'm offended you can't remember

I'm offended that you're offended that I can't remember why I should have been offended in the first place.

 

[idahoblues]

I'm offended that you're offended that I can't remember why I should have been offended in the first place.

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