(to) misgender

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22:54 Nov 1, 2019
English to Slovak translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
Additional field(s): General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters, Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: (to) misgender
Definition from Oxford Dictionary:
Verb, transitive. The action of misstating a person's gender, especially of addressing or referring to a transgender person in terms that do not reflect their gender identity.

Example sentence(s):
  • Such a law might have reminded Vlaming that misgendering a transgender child is wrong. CNN
  • "Personally, I've been misgendered many times before. and it can be really demoralizing and just frustrating and that people just assume who you are and then try to make excuses for why they have used the wrong pronoun," said owner of Cocoa and Spice, Jennifer Mowad. NBC29
  • Sam Dylan Finch recounts his experience of being misgendered by doctors after attempting suicide, showing why it's critical that doctors do better for transgender patients. Teen Vogue
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5 +1označiť, osloviť nesprávnym rodom
Kristina Karabova


  

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označiť, osloviť nesprávnym rodom


Definition from own experience or research:
priraďovať transľuďom/osobám nesprávny gramatický rod, teda taký, s ktorým nie sú stotožnení/-é, výraz sa prekladá opisom

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Okrem organizácie TransFúzia pozri ešte aj stránku českej organizácie Trans*parent, ktorá sa zasadzuje o presadzovanie práv a pozitívnych spoločenských zmien v prospech transgender a genderqueer osôb.
https://www.transparentprague.cz/slovnicek
Kristina Karabova
Slovakia
Local time: 11:55
Native speaker of: Slovak

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