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Originally Posted by pavulon View Post
I understand the point of the story.

It simply strikes me as at least ironic (but closer to worse) that a derogatory term would be used to describe the person being bullied.

disclaimer: I'm far from perfect myself and am not trying to be a jerk but thought the point was relevant considering M.D. has authored a few books in which terminology plays a prominent role.
What would be an acceptable term? I honestly don't know.

Trans-gender? MD did say trans which is not stand alone inflammatory, at least from what little I know about this territory.
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