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I just ah- aha this is really embarrassing but I wanted to clarify somethings about Shang if that's ok. If not I'll happily delete this thread

But um, I myself recently came to terms with my identity as a transgender man so I wanted to play a transmasculine character so uh I wanted to avoid any possible accidental transphobia

NOT that I think any of you are!! But certain way things are said can be unintentionally really hurtful so I uh wanted to clarify

Again if this is out of line I'm sorry ahh !!

But um, ok so Shang (and I) are transgender. We specifically are transmasculine meaning we were mistakenly called women when we were born.

We weren't born in a woman's body, and we don't identify as men. We were mistakenly labled as such because we didn't have ding a lings (I'm trying to be pg ahaha)

We just, are men. Now, I'm perfectly ok with your character, if it should come up, asking Shang what "equipment" he has in character but know that will be met with anger and disgust from Shang. As this, is a horribly impolite thing to ask, and the appropriate thing is to just not bother even thinking about what is in his pants unless you wanna be there too (HAH I'm funny)

Now, Shang has undergone the full transition, meaning he now has a dingle dong and doesn't have boobs. However, even before then he wasn't a woman and has always been a man so long as he says.

Oh and the appropriate terms are "a transgender man" "he's transmasculine" "he's a trans guy or trans man" "he's trans"

Terms like "a transgender" or "transgendered" aren't correct

So uh yeah !! I'm ok with your characters asking him questions and stuff but if they're impolite or just plain bad he will get kinda mad cause he's had to deal with that all his life.

I hope this doesn't come across as agressive or mean I just hope to help - ah uh anyway if you have any questions feel free to ask I'd be happy to answer and uh I'm sorry for this I hope I don't seem mean or I'm not out of line

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