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* If you don't know for sure what pronouns someone would prefer for you to use for them, using singular "they" is an easy way to get around that and widely accepted in the trans community. That being said, if you know that someone prefers a different pronoun, the polite thing to do is to use that pronoun when you refer to them. Also, this should go without saying, but intentionally going out of your way to misgender someone (like calling a trans woman "he" when you know she prefers "she") is very hurtful to trans people and never okay. This goes for nonbinary people who prefer "they" or one of the less common neo-pronouns (fae, e, ze, etc), too.
* There are a lot of transphobic slurs out there, most of them still unfortunately common in the porn industry. Such terms include "tranny", "shemale", and "trap". '''Never''' use '''any''' of these terms under any circumstance unless you have [[N-Word Privileges|T-Word Privileges]] or want to get justifiably punched in the teeth.
(Note also that as a subculture the transgender community is, as of the start of the 2020s, undergoing rapid change and evolution. Consequently what at the time of this writing is acceptable terminology may fall out of favor or become perceived as negative and be replaced with other terms.)
Trans people may or may not experience [[wikipedia:gender dysphoria|gender dysphoria]], where distress (sometimes relatively minor, often quite severe) results from a mismatch between a trans person's experienced gender and anatomy and/or hormones. (The earlier psychiatric term "gender identity disorder" is deprecated; let's just say that the relationship between the trans community and the medical community has historically been a bit complex.) It is not always obvious to the person suffering from gender dysphoria what it is, leading to some trans people taking years to identify it as such. On the flipside, it's also very common for trans people to experience "gender euphoria", which is the opposite feeling of great happiness (euphoria) after making physical changes to their bodies. Physical changes made to treat dysphoria and cause euphoria include hormone replacement therapy, hair removal, surgeries (of various kinds; there is no one "the surgery" and not every trans person gets surgery at all), and even just dressing in a way stereotypically associated with the gender they experience. Every trans person's needs are different in this respect.
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