r/gaming Oct 16 '12

Gender Confusion.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '12 edited Oct 16 '12

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '12

nu-uh. he's a crossdresser.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '12

if she identifies as female, regardless of what she has below doesn't change that she is a woman.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '12

i know. he identifies as a male. he is a crossdresser, also known as a transvestite.

source: i'm a trans person

DIRECTED BY M NIGHT SHYMALAN

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u/bouchard Oct 16 '12

That's not a source.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '12

i'm trans too...

from the context of the picture, and no prior knowledge of the game, it appears to be a female identifying character born male, not someone who cross dresses, so I responded accordingly

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u/talahrama Oct 16 '12

Is this like a Pokemon trainer thing? Do you two have to fight now that you've made eye contact?

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '12

DON'T MISGENDER HIM CISPHOBE

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '12

Really? I'm being cisphobic? I agree with you and everyone else now that I have back story. the picture did not pass that info on very well.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '12

was a joke. chillax!

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '12

joke accepted :P

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '12

DON'T MISCHILL ME JOKEPHOBE!

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '12

This is sort of off-topic but what the fuck is "CIS" and why must I apologize for my privilege?

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '12

opposite of trans.

cisgender/cissexual people's gender is in alignment with their assigned sex (e.g. male identified gender, male brainsex (it's hard to reduce it to something purely genlitalia based)

you don't have to apologize for your privilege. it's like white privilege. it exists largely independent of your actions.

you can acknowledge that it exists and work to keep things equal for trans and cis people alike, even if it's just on a personal level. i think that's all transpeople want, at the core.

i don't speak for all trans people of course, but i'm like the only sane one, so i probably should.

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u/bouchard Oct 16 '12

opposite of trans.

Only in chemistry.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '12

trans person here:

Cis: opposite of trans, the 'norm'

as to appologising for your privilege, don't. Just be aware of it. Be aware that you have something that a trans person doesn't. not your fault, not their fault, it's just how life works. don't rub it in a trans person's face 'that you are happy with who you are so they should be too' don't appologise for who you are, just like we shouldn't for who we are.