# Have you ever refused to shake someone's hand?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 12, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-refused-to-shake-someones-hand/655519 "2013-04-12T16:50:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-refused-to-shake-someones-hand/655519/61 "2013-04-22T02:49:42Z")

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> [@ZPG\_Zealot](#):
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> I would go by gender they lived as. Within my own culture true transsexuals as opposed to say female impersonators are viewed as people who by a birth defect were born as the wrong gender and it would be cruel to taunt them over this.

I like that answer, thank you.

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