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throwawayfifo • yesterday at 9:21 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

>putting women in quotes gives the game up.

What does that mean in this context?


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superb_dev • yesterday at 9:28 PM

It means the original comment is poorly veiled transphobia

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doawoo • yesterday at 9:28 PM

putting it in quotes is done usually to try to exclude or differentiate trans women from women in general. This is transphobia. Trans women are women.

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