# ...will the board consider explicit transphobia hate-speech?

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**Created:** [October 23, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-board-consider-explicit-transphobia-hate-speech/842204 "2019-10-23T23:18:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-board-consider-explicit-transphobia-hate-speech/842204/144 "2019-10-25T19:36:57Z")

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> [@Riemann](#):
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> Ask him what? The misgendering is unambiguous in his more recent post that I quoted above. Given his familiarity with the issues, it is certainly also deliberate imo.

I asked, and unless you think **Urbanredneck** was dishonest in his reply, it was an honest mistake.

> [@Transgender activists pressure Always to Womens symbol of feminine hygiene products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transgender-activists-pressure-always-to-womens-symbol-of-feminine-hygiene-products/842069/94):
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> > [@Transgender activists pressure Always to Womens symbol of feminine hygiene products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transgender-activists-pressure-always-to-womens-symbol-of-feminine-hygiene-products/842069/93):
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> > **Urbanredneck** , there’s a question floating around ATMB as to whether you are deliberately misusing the terms transman and transwoman, or whether you are simply confused about the terms.
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> > The standard definition of transman is a person who identifies as a man, but was assigned the female sex at birth.
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> > The standard definition of transwoman is a person who identifies as a woman, but was assigned the male sex at birth.
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> > I ask because a transman trying out for a woman’s scholarship would be counter to the trans movement’s goal of recognizing transmen as men. Your previous post also implied that transwomen aren’t real men, and transmen aren’t real women, which seems backwards from what I understand of your position.
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> > ~Max
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> Yes, guilty of confusion. Perhaps I’ll just say trans person since I cannot get them correct.

~Max

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