Gender transposition
Encyclopedia
Gender transposition is a term in linguistics
to describe the substitution of a gendered personal pronoun for the other gendered form. When used to describe a woman, this would be using the pronounse his or him instead of her, and he instead of she. For men, it would be the reverse.
Often used in the argot of gay
men, it can be intended either as a put-down, a self-mocking appellation, a term of endearment, or neutrally. It may be considered gay bashing
or homophobic when used by heterosexual people to mock a gay
person
.
Use of the gender pronoun appropriate to a transgender
person self-identified gender is not considered gender transposition, and does not have the same range of meaning as slang gender transposition. The pronoun corresponding to a transgendered person's gender of identification is simply considered the correct pronoun in the LGBT community and, increasingly, by mainstream society.
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
to describe the substitution of a gendered personal pronoun for the other gendered form. When used to describe a woman, this would be using the pronounse his or him instead of her, and he instead of she. For men, it would be the reverse.
Often used in the argot of gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
men, it can be intended either as a put-down, a self-mocking appellation, a term of endearment, or neutrally. It may be considered gay bashing
Gay bashing
Gay bashing and gay bullying is verbal or physical abuse against a person who is perceived to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender . Such abuse is used also to bully heterosexual persons and persons of non-specific or unknown sexual orientation.A "bashing" may be a specific incident, and one...
or homophobic when used by heterosexual people to mock a gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
person
Person
A person is a human being, or an entity that has certain capacities or attributes strongly associated with being human , for example in a particular moral or legal context...
.
Use of the gender pronoun appropriate to a transgender
Transgender
Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....
person self-identified gender is not considered gender transposition, and does not have the same range of meaning as slang gender transposition. The pronoun corresponding to a transgendered person's gender of identification is simply considered the correct pronoun in the LGBT community and, increasingly, by mainstream society.