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chekibreki | 4 years ago

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slightwinder|4 years ago

No, this is rude in any frame of mind. A person changed their name, and some people can't just accept it because of the reason for the name-change. If it had been any other reason, be marriage, adoption, religion some nerdy humor or what else...everyone would accept it without making a buzz about it.

CodeGlitch|4 years ago

It's more than a name change though isn't it? It's access to women only spaces and women only sports etc. This is what people are really upset about. I don't think people actually care about name changes.

boomboomsubban|4 years ago

Calling someone by their chosen name isn't gender politics, it's just common courtesy.

nyanpasu64|4 years ago

It's not just rude in general, but actively hurtful to the person being named.

thomasedwards|4 years ago

Hate to break it to you my guy, but that is not ‘gender politics’, it‘s just her name and her pronouns. If you use he/him and I say she/her, that’s rude. It’s no different.

otikik|4 years ago

> arbitrarily

You might not agree with their reasons, but these changes have a lot of costs associated with them (mostly thanks to people who share your views). Calling these reasons "arbitrary" is either ignorant or disrespectful.

> keep your gender politics out of this technical discussion platform

Keep your "gender politics" politics out of this technical discussion platform.