✨ it’s time to let go of outdated ways of understanding sex and gender. it's time to let go of the damaging ways we talk about things like periods. ✨
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we’ve had some comments about our use of inclusive language here at ohne - both the welcomed comments in which people pull us up on any use of cis-normative phrasing and the not-so-welcome comments from people who dislike our use of inclusive, ungendered language. and we thought it was about time we addressed this head-on. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
➡️➡️ head to the link in our bio to read our latest blog post ‘a letter on language: why trans inclusivity is not up for debate’. in case there was any doubt: ohne supports the trans community with every fibre of our being.
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trans men, nonbinary people, and those who identify as agender, genderfluid, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming who experience a menstrual cycle all deserve to be included in conversations about their bodies. It is not acceptable to debate people’s right to exist or their right to exist with the same access to information, products, and services as their cisgender counterparts. It is not acceptable to exclude trans people from spaces, either online or irl, that they deserve to be in. we’re working every day to make our space more inclusive.
if you have any questions about our use of language (why we say ‘people who have periods’, for example) or gender and menstruation, we’re happy to answer them for you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
(note: transphobia will not be tolerated in our community, so please only reach out if you have genuine questions, we’re not here to debate people’s right to exist)
#TransIsBeautiful 🦞