cis allies, i beg you, do not use "transgendered" or remove the space between "trans" and "woman"
(and if an actual trans person is doing those things and not acting in bad faith, cis allies shouldn't interfere)
Follow
since i just *know* people will sealion me with "but what's so bad about it"
- "transgendered" implies having gone through a process, or being afflicted with something. this pathologizes being transgender.
- "transwoman", without the space, similarly nullifies "trans" being a mere qualifier, and distances us from being regarded as real women.
and if you think that language and words don't matter, then yours won't matter to me after i block you