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[–]SuperGayIsOkay 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Honestly? You'll have to at least pretend to respect her pronouns, not that you'd ever use "they" in her presence unless you're talking to another friend in the room. Otherwise she's not likely to remain friends. Trying to have an intervention or something is more likely just to alienate her and make her hate you. If you tell her you're not comfortable seeing her as "non-binary" and can't help but seeing her as a girl, just be prepared for her to end the relationship. It sucks, I know.

[–]Happy_Blueberry3910 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

I have a silly question. If MtF believe that they are "women", then why they use "they" instead of "she"? If FtM believe that they are "men", then why they use "they" instead of "he"?

P.S. English isn't my 1st language.

[–]BusterGrundle 8 insightful - 5 fun8 insightful - 4 fun9 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

Your English is fine, it just doesn't make any sense to us either.

[–]Happy_Blueberry3910 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

According to CNN website:

Some members of the LGBTQ+ community who identify as non-binary, gender non-conforming or genderqueer prefer "they/them" pronouns to reflect their identity and gender expression, rather than "he/him" or "she/her" pronouns that designate a person as male or female.

so it seems that they really don't like any biological stuff.

[–]reluctant_commenter 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

so it seems that they really don't like any biological stuff.

Correct, because pretending to be the opposite sex that you are requires you to deny reality. Human biology is a constant reminder of that reality, though. So people who believe in transgender ideology often feel threatened by biology, because their beliefs require them to deny reality and the existence of human biology challenges that.

[–]PeakingPeachEaterfemale♀ | detrans🦎 | eater of peaches 🍑 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I remembered when back then we learnt the word "they", it was a polite form of saying he/she. So I used to use "they" to indirectly say something somebody did without directly calling them out lol. Now it has political meanings, so I don't use it much. Also not sure if it's considered grammatically correct from what I learnt...