Ways to combat casual transphobia and cissexism:
- Do not gender strangers. Refer to people you do not know with gender neutral pronouns so as to avoid furthering the idea that appearance = gender.
- Ask people what their preferred pronouns are when you first meet them.
- Shut down people who say that genitals = gender.
- Shut down people who use the phrases “two genders” or “opposite gender.”
- Also shut down people who use the phrases “two sexes” or “opposite sex” to help our intersex siblings.
- Avoid using phrases like “manboobs,” “mangina,” and “girl/woman boner.”
- Discourage misgendering as a form of mocking or insult. Also discourage the usage of phrases like “you look like a boy/girl.”
- Encourage others to also do these things.