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Hot Tips on What Not to Say to the Trans Person in Your Life
Cisgender people say the darndest things to transgender people! 
 Elizabeth Daley
          
          Jun 06, 2016
          
        
Elizabeth Daley
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Comedy may be the best method of education, as BuzzFeed shows in a recent video showcasing the numerous annoying things cisgender people may say to transgender friends and coworkers. 
If any of these questions or statements represent something you've always wanted to ask a transgender person, just quit while you're ahead. Or be aware that you may be one of many reasons your transgender friend says "fuck."
Watch this video basically define the internet acronym LBS --laughing but serious. 

        
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Cisgender people say the darndest things to transgender people!

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The state legislature’s LGBTQ+ caucus called the move “weaponizing transphobia as an electoral tactic.”

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