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[lojban] Re: Gender neutrality?



Sure, it can be done (I leave it to those more up-to-date on the relevant rafsi to add), but why bother?  It would seem that the totally neutral terms are to be preferred almost always.  An MTF, say, usually would prefer to be treated -- and spoken of -- as just female, without the intricate details (say, to what extent the identification had be incarnated).  And, except in a small range of cases, the gender or gender identity of a person is just irrelevant.  On the rare occasions when the need arise, lujvvo -- or probably only tanru -- are readily available.


From: Danny Piccirillo <danny.piccirillo@gmail.com>
To: lojban-list <lojban-list@lojban.org>
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 12:33:36 AM
Subject: [lojban] Gender neutrality?

Still a n00b, so i'm just looking for some clarification on this. One of the many many reasons lojban appeals to me, is that it is supposed to be gender neutral, but one thing still bothers me. If there are terms for boy, man, girl, and woman, there are surely terms for one who identifies as masculine or feminine, or androgynous, genderqueer, etc and those are the terms i think should be preferred in common conversation when talking about someone who has a gender identity (all humans). Is this do-able~ an idea the can be spread to all lojbanists?