[lojban] Re: Gender neutrality?

[Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com>]

de'i li 20 pi'e 04 pi'e 2009 la'o fy. Danny Piccirillo .fy. cusku zoi
skamyxatra.
> Yes, but in conversation people often like to say, "Did you see that girl?"
> instead of "Did you see that person?".
.skamyxatra

How would they know how an arbitrary individual identifies themselves sexually?
They would most likely be making an inference based solely on that individual's
outward appearance & mannerisms, and no amount of carefully-crafted {lujvo} can
save them from making an incorrect statement.

> My request is that lujvo for gender identities should replace words meaning
> biological sex in casual conversation since it will come up. Can that happen?

As has been stated, the gender-based {gismu} make no assertions about the way
in which an individual is associated with a given gender, and there should be
no problem with using them for more varied purposes.

mu'omi'e .kamymecraijun.

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