... but I draw the line at referring to them as something they are not.
That's exactly what you're doing when you call a woman by a name she's chosen to make a statement with. When your buddy goes by a nickname, he's probably not trying to make some kind of socio-political statement with it. Ellen Page is using "Elliot" to affirm her "masculinity", and you calling her that plays along with that delusion. It's not "just" a name.
I disagree, but you can do as you like, fren. I don't run into many trannies anyway so it's not something that I'm going to lose any sleep over in any case.
I think refusing to use the opposite pronoun is plenty of pressure. If a dude wants to call himself Princess Sparkle, he's known as "that dude Princess Sparkle".
That's exactly what you're doing when you call a woman by a name she's chosen to make a statement with. When your buddy goes by a nickname, he's probably not trying to make some kind of socio-political statement with it. Ellen Page is using "Elliot" to affirm her "masculinity", and you calling her that plays along with that delusion. It's not "just" a name.
I disagree, but you can do as you like, fren. I don't run into many trannies anyway so it's not something that I'm going to lose any sleep over in any case.
Even if you never meet one, it's the principle of the matter. Give 'em an inch today, they take a mile tomorrow!
I think refusing to use the opposite pronoun is plenty of pressure. If a dude wants to call himself Princess Sparkle, he's known as "that dude Princess Sparkle".