Because... it's Grammar

[bcholmes]

From an article about a trans death. (That phrase is almost redundant. Articles about trans people in the mainstream media are almost always about our deaths):

The murder of Eddie "Gwen" Araujo Jr. has raised a question of grammar with serious implications for transgender people - should the slain teen who lived as a girl be referred to as he or she?

[...]

Others argued that allowing people to essentially self-declare their gender without undergoing a physical change is too subjective an approach to grammar.

Poor grammar. Taking a beating at the hands of trans people anywhere.

(Some days I think I live in a different world than most reporters).

Comments

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

At my work, we're publishing what should be an excellent book on Gwen Araujo's death (working title, Underneath It All by Yomi Wronge, a local newspaper reporter who covered the whole situation and who is extremely sharp. I don't anticipate pronoun trouble (and am grateful for that).