# Aspidistra finds loophole in hate speech rules?

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> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#):
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> The only way a transgender person may be described as a “female impersonator” would be if, for example, a man assigned female at birth puts on a skirt and lipstick.

In my original mis-gendering transgression I referred to a character in a TV reality play who referred to **his husband** as being **pregnant**. I referred to that as a female impersonating a male. No slur was intended. It was simply sentential English.

In order to debate reality we need access to language.

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