Quote:What exactly am I being stubborn about?  Using correct terminology when referring to other people?  Whether you like it or not, Bruce (Caitlyn) Jenner is a he.  The student in the OP is a he, male, boy.  There is really no disputing that.

If your definition of gender is based solely on what's hanging (or not) between the legs, then no, there's no disputing that.

 

If your definition of gender is open to the possibility that processes within the brain have at least as much bearing over someone's identity than what's down there, then yes, there is plenty of dispute to be had. There are millions of people in the US alone who know that they were born with the wrong hardware. Surely, especially since we still do not know exactly what it means to be transgender or how one arrives there, their experiences and input on who they are as a person deserve respect, right?

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