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

No Question - Gwen is 'She'

[catskillmarina.livejournal.com]

But since the US seems to be going through one of it's
periodic (and most unfortunate for me) Puritanical Phases,
they seem to be obsessed with sex. And that makes it nasty
for folks like Gwen....