| Instead of… | Use… | Why | |--------------|-------|------| | “transgenderism” | trans identity / trans community | -ism pathologizes | | “preferred pronouns” | pronouns | Not a preference, a fact | | “biologically male/female” | assigned male/female at birth (AMAB/AFAB) | Avoids reducing trans people to anatomy | | “transgenders” (noun) | transgender people | Respects personhood | | “Why can’t LGB just split?” | Understand shared struggle | Trans liberation supports LGB freedom from gender roles |