James Finn
Dec 31, 2021

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This is absolutely not true, and I wish you had done a little bit more research than reading a very biased article from a conservative, populist newspaper infamous for its transphobic editorial position.

Stonewall is absolutely not trying to end the use of the word mother. That is false. Utterly and completely ane totally false. If I could string more adverbs together, I would.

Stonewall is doing nothing more than occasionally using inclusive language to talk about transgender men who give birth. It’s okay to do that, and there’s no reason for anyone to panic about that. Transgender men do give birth sometimes, and referring to them as mothers is problematic, which is all Stonewall is pointing out.

I’m surprised to see you buying into this false transphobic panic.

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James Finn
James Finn

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James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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