| Instead of… | Say this… | Why | |-------------|------------|-----| | “transgenderism” | “being transgender” or “trans identity” | “-ism” sounds like an ideology or disease. | | “a transgender” | “a transgender person” | Trans is an adjective, not a noun. | | “preferred pronouns” | “pronouns” | They aren’t a preference; they’re a fact of identity. | | “biologically male/female” | “assigned male/female at birth” | Biological sex is complex (chromosomes, hormones, anatomy). |