I don't want to be identified by what body parts I have or don't have.

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95. Yes. If you had read it, the issue is that they want only the term 'Pregnant person" used...

while an inclusionary term is an absolute requirement, the insistence on removing the word "woman" is at issue. A refusal to acknowledge "pregnant women and other pregnant persons" or referencing pregnancy specifically, "woman and others who are pregnant" or any other term to insure inclusion of trans individuals that may be pregnant with the term, "women". Inclusion does not mean subtraction and in this case removing the term for 99% of those who can become pregnant definitely IS. I'm not a generic object, uterus, belly bump, or just a generic "person." I am a woman and the term needs to acknowledge the self-identity of 99% of those impacted--just as it includes a preferred addition for trans individuals.

All of the above is the context for that subthread.

Beyond that subthread is the myriad responses to the tweet from Ana Kasparian and her demand to be self-identified as a "woman" which MANY ATTACKED. I have no idea if she is as pro-trans as most on DU are (myself included) but the assumption that she is not had many attacking her and her demand for her self-identity as a woman. The latter is simply wrong. She has that right as do all trans inividuals.