[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by listopencil

It's not to me. Furthermore, if someone wants to switch outie to innie or vice versa it's not really that big of a deal. If someone in my personal life were going through a sex change I would refer to them by whatever name they wanted and use the appropriate pronouns, because I would be interacting with them on a regular basis and it makes sense, and I think it would ease the transition for both of us. I don't feel compelled to do that when referring to a public figure - especially someone who has gone out of their way to make the transition as public as they can.Especially someone who was very well known as one gender and hasn't gone through the biological change to the opposite gender yet. So, to me, this person is going to be Bruce Jenner until he goes through that surgery to make herself Caitlyn Jenner. With all of that being said - I have no interest in seeing pictures of him scantily clad in a sports magazine. It would be the equivalent, to me, of being flashed by a transvestite.

Many trans people never make full transition, either because of finances or because they just don't want to. Doesn't make them less of a person. And what's the harm in using the preferred pronoun simply out of respect for them because they're human beings?