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The ‘Detransition’ Time Bomb
We need to talk about “trans kids.” In all likelihood, we are currently witnessing one of the biggest medical scandals in modern history, and a tidal wave of regrets and lawsuits will soon follow in its wake.
The ‘Detransition’ Time Bomb
Medicine shuns gender detransitioners like me
Law penalizes anyone ‘recruiting’ a child to receive gender-affirming care...
Trans terms like 'chestfeeding' to be banned
Gender-critical feminists praise historic NHS decision
Ohio Senate passes transgender bathroom ban
Federal court allows Indiana’s gender-affirming care ban to go into effect
Life of Agony singer detransitioning after curing his ‘gender dysphoria’
Please don’t call me Latinx: Why it’s not my preferred term
Ever since I emigrated to the U.S. from El Salvador, I’ve used the term Hispanic to describe my heritage. But lately, I’ve been corrected on multiple occasions about the term I use to describe myself — told that I should use the more accepted term, Latinx.
Okay, so I understand where Latinx comes from — the desire for a gender-inclusive term for people of Latin American heritage, avoiding the gendered ending of Latino or Latina. But it doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. And besides, why Latinx and not Latin American?
At the heart of this debate lies the issue of labeling, where an outside group (or a small percentage from an inside group) decides on a term, or label, and then dictates which people fit under the larger umbrella of this label. This happens all the time, and the shadow this umbrella casts is hardly constant: its edges waver, growing and shrinking as categories shift.
I have friends who have lived in this country for decades but still refer to themselves as Mexican. I have other friends who call themselves Hispanic, or Chicana/o or just American. Should I correct all of these friends and tell them their descriptors are dated, that they are now Latinx and need to start referring to themselves as Latinx?
Please don’t call me Latinx: Why it’s not my preferred term
Executive order banning use of 'Latinx
What other terms need to go after ‘LatinX’
It's 'Dehumanizing' to Use 'the' in Descriptions — Such as 'the French'
Woke 'inclusive language' has 'gone overboard'
'Latinx' is 'cultural appropriation'
CARDI B IS TIRED OF BEING CALLED ‘MEXICAN’
‘Migrant influencer’ who encouraged squatting, whines
Jill Biden says Latinos as unique as 'breakfast tacos'
In New York City, people love the convenience stores known as bodegas that are often run by Dominican or Puerto Rican merchants. Biden mispronounced the word as "bogedas."
'breakfast tacos'
Biden tells father of Parkland shooting victim to SIT DOWN before having him BOOTED
10-year-old's alleged rapist is Guatemalan illegal immigrant
Taco Bell sued for attacking customers with scalding hot water
Mexican Beauty Queen Has Been Arrested For Stealing Wine
Grandma’s Dying Wish Was a Giant Dick on Her Grave
Latinos and Black people are staying close to home
Just 4% of Hispanic or Latino people prefer the term 'Latinx
The findings from Gallup are consistent with another survey by the Pew Research Center from 2020, where researchers found that only one in four Hispanic or Latino adults had even heard of the term "Latinx." Only 3% of them used it to describe themselves.
Just 4% of Hispanic or Latino people prefer the term 'Latinx
Twitter users pounce on LA Times opinion columnist for using the term 'Latinxs'
Can We Stop Pretending That Anybody Talks This Way?
Call 'Latinx' What It Is: Lexical Imperialism
The new slang teens use to insult boys who are 'too nice' to girls
Shannon was used to her socially awkward son being bullied by other boys at the private school he attends in Atlanta.
But when she picked him up from school in mid-January and her eighth grader told her he was being called a "simp," Shannon, who's only using her first name to protect her son's identity, didn't know what to think.
"He's telling me this and I'm driving and I'm trying to make sense of it," she said. "I'd never heard the word."
"He told me, 'It basically means that I'm just being nice to girls because I like them,'" she said. "I was like, wait, my kid is being picked on for being nice to girls?"
Her son had told her he'd recently been put in the "friend zone" by one of the girls, who made it clear she wasn't interested in dating him. They had continued to be friendly.
The new slang teens use to insult boys who are 'too nice' to girls
Another study shows homophobic language isn’t linked to rejection of gay athletes
Another new study from Monash University again demonstrates that athletes using gay slurs don’t mean to convey messages of homophobia to their teammates, and in fact believe their teams would be welcoming places for gay athletes.
The study focused on 146 semi-professional ice hockey players in Australia. The sample group included a good mix of players from North America, Europe and Australia.
One of the most illuminating parts of the study looked at why athletes use gay slurs. Some of the results:
55% because they want to make people laugh
46% think the language is normal, so no one thinks about it
6% want to insult or bully others who are gay
1% say they are homophobic
Outsports