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Lynn Conway, leading computer scientist and transgender pioneer, dies at 85 (www.latimes.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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I have mixed feelings on the pronoun use, but having read some of her autobiographical writing I don't think she would have taken much issue with it. This piece is more focused on her work in computer engineering, so I felt it was appropriate to post here.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That emphasized my point. If someone feels that they had always been a certain way in the past even though they didn't look it or act it in public, there is no "other side" of themselves. I'm not trying to change the vocabulary, just was an observation of using a word past its usual meaning. That's how words evolve.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There can still be another side, like I said, just in another aspect. Their gender identity might have been the same througout but their presentation would've probably changed with time. Thus a transition.

[–] Resol 2 points 5 months ago

Exactly.