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I'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If anyone can find more pixels for me i would appreciate it.

Thanks y'all.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (18 children)

People where I am from call everyone "you guys" - men, women, trans, doesn't matter, everyone is just "you guys" even when it's a woman addressing a group of women.

The literal meaning isn't gender neutral, but in actual practice, it 100% is.

As for "y'all" or "you all", I don't see how it could possibly be interpreted as offensive to any gender.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

As for “y’all” or “you all”, I don’t see how it could possibly be interpreted as offensive to any gender.

I think "we don't take kindly to y'all" to a trans person would likely be offensive. Beyond that though, you're probably okay.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"yall" is obviously not the problematic part of that sentence

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I might as well double down while I'm here, "we don't take kindly" was too aggressive wording.

I meant something more neutral like "I think y'all are weird".

That way, the y'all is the problematic part. That was my point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Nope, "y'all" is still not the problematic part

[–] [email protected] 1 points 53 minutes ago* (last edited 52 minutes ago)

Okay, I'll bite. How is y'all not the problematic part when it's specifically referring to trans people in that case?

That certainly seems problematic to me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I mean ... Thats just an all out threat with y'all acting as an exclusionary statement.

All in all agree with your point tho.

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