Daniel Goldman
Nov 2 · 1 min read

As to your first point, my issue is trying to get people to stop using the word transgender as a noun (which I illustrated in my examples). I could have gotten into a lot more complexity with this piece, but I decided to keep it simple.

They’re not. The phrase “he is transgender” is not using “transgender” as a noun any more than “he is tired” is using “tired” as a noun. Describing the nature of a subject, using an adjective or adverb, after the verb “to be” is how English functions. It is the [to be] + [adjective] format. Here are some other sentences that are you saying are grammatically incorrect. I would like you to correct them.

  • He is sad.
  • The car is red.
  • I am tired.
  • We are bored.

Sad, red, tired, and bored, are all adjectives. It also works with adverbs, but if you disagree, please correct this sentence as well.

  • The car is running.

I’m not trying to be argumentative, but you are incorrectly explaining English grammar.


Moreover, I am not saying that cross-dressing is the same as transgender. What I am saying is that a person’s gender is a specific type of role that they play in society, and that the term “transgender” only makes sense when we refer to a specific set of gender norms.

It’s one of the main gender related points that I bring up on my paper on eidoi.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330321822_From_Gender_and_Race_to_Eidos_A_broader_term_for_culturally_defined_roles_based_on_biological_traits

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