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eggplant

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5. I got a reply from the author!

Reply to eggplant (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:39 PM

Jul 2015

My note:

Please note that “transgendered” is incorrect, in the same way that “maled” and “femaled” is incorrect. It is an attribute, not an action. “Transgender” is correct, as the original Chicago Tribune article chose.

Issuing a correction would be in order.

Thank you.

Her reply:

Thank you. I’ve changed the wording.

Leada Gore
Senior Opinion Writer

+1 256.532.2607
LGore@al.com
www.al.com

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Pentagon to announce plans this week to lift ban on transgendered troops: Reports [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 OP

Great news for transgender folks, but who are the "transgendered" ones this article refers to? n/t JackBeck Jul 2015 #1

That would be from al.com. You should direct comments there, I think. eggplant Jul 2015 #3

AL.com looks almost exactly like NJ.com JackBeck Jul 2015 #4

I use an old browser, and not every newspaper's page opens correctly. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 #6

I suspect that it was an inadvertant mistake. eggplant Jul 2015 #8

I got a reply from the author! eggplant Jul 2015 #5

Awesome :) JackBeck Jul 2015 #7

I include the author's contact information whenever I can. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 #9

Good. It's about time. n/t sarge43 Jul 2015 #2