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[–]Camberian[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I used the * to indicate that the entire thing encompasses not just transsexuals, but also transgender, AGP, and transvestites. That is how I so far have the * seen being used in English (which is what I have been writing here mostly).

In German I tend to resort to either the generic gender or the correct gender for an individual. I don't do the whole over-PC blah blah ;)

[–]justasking918273 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Okay, makes sense. The problem is that the "trans*" thing has been adopted by those people themselves in an attempt to be "inclusive" (I hate this word...) and they're enforcing the use of it themselves, so that leaves a bitter aftertaste.