Makes me curious about trans women from countries that do not have gendered pronouns—what short explanations do they use? (Also, how do they know whether they are being misgendered?)
I’ve chatted with a few Japanese trans men and women online (although nobody who considered themself non-binary).
A relatively common complaint was being “-Kun”d or “-Chan”d (somewhat gendered Japanese name suffixes), and while I don’t know enough Japanese to fully understand, they complained about gendered uses of keigo (kind of polite speech) at/about them.
It’s worth noting that the Japanese queer community has a lot of English influence though, so a surprising portion of Japanese trans people seem to have preferred English pronouns.
Makes me curious about trans women from countries that do not have gendered pronouns—what short explanations do they use? (Also, how do they know whether they are being misgendered?)
I’ve chatted with a few Japanese trans men and women online (although nobody who considered themself non-binary).
A relatively common complaint was being “-Kun”d or “-Chan”d (somewhat gendered Japanese name suffixes), and while I don’t know enough Japanese to fully understand, they complained about gendered uses of keigo (kind of polite speech) at/about them.
It’s worth noting that the Japanese queer community has a lot of English influence though, so a surprising portion of Japanese trans people seem to have preferred English pronouns.