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Why I Don't Care About Gender Pronouns

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I Am Transgender And I Don't Care About Gender Pronouns I'm a transwoman  and I don't actually care if people use masculine pronouns when referring to me. Why? To put it simply: I refuse to have my happiness depend upon the opinions and/or actions of others. To be frank, it's not something I had even thought about until the recent media hype about it. The concept had never occurred to me until people started making a big deal about it in the last couple years. It's a non-issue for me. Why should I care if someone refers to me in the masculine (or as "it," like some people do more maliciously)? My overall philosophy is that my happiness is not dependent upon the actions of others and, as such, this "misgendering" simply was never a concern of mine. Happiness In Simplicity Most aspects of life are out of our control, but one thing that is definitely within our scope of control is choosing what to invest our mental resources in. When I