Twitch's Transgender Womxn vs Womyn vs Women Controversy
Added 2021-03-03 20:01:59 +0000 UTCTwitch stepped into a bunch of controversy this week with it's "Womxn's History Month" post for Women's History Month. But why was this so controversial, and offensive to the transgender community? Let's discuss.
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Super interesting! I've always found German interesting the more I learn about it.
Jessie Earl
2021-03-07 05:15:34 +0000 UTCOne of the rare cases where German is actually less problematic: Since "Mann" and "Frau" are completely different terms, that whole mxn/myn discussion would not have started. That said, the terms become difficult again as they also mean husband and wife...
2021-03-06 08:51:57 +0000 UTCThank you haha. And why not X-men?
Jessie Earl
2021-03-04 02:53:13 +0000 UTCNow I can't stop asking myself "why X-men?"... 😁 Seriously though, the video is a very good primer on the problems surrounding womyn/womxn. Thanks for making it. <3
Hannah F.
2021-03-03 20:15:38 +0000 UTC
