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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up next door to one of my cousins.  He is two years younger than me and we've ( my sisters and I) have known he was gay ("different" when we were younger) since he was probably 5 or 6.  He has two older brothers but he always, always preferred playing with us girls over hanging out with his brothers.  Now, as adult, he is most definitely gay, and I think may be transgendered as well.  [/quote]

If he is a man, attracted to men, he is gay. If she is a (trans)woman, attracted to men, she is not gay.[/quote]

How is one supposed to keep these pronouns straight? Perhaps we should just start saying "it."[/quote]

people are not objects. if you want a non-offensive personal pronoun may I suggest the singular "they".[/quote]

"They" is not singular. That would be grammatically incorrect and thus equally offensive.
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Tell that to Shakespeare and Jane Austen. They both used the singular "they".

[i]Some people object to the use of plural pronouns in this type of situation on the grounds that it’s ungrammatical. In fact, the use of plural pronouns to refer back to a singular subject isn’t new: it represents a revival of a practice dating from the 16th century. It’s increasingly common in current English and is now widely accepted both in speech and in writing.[/i]

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/he-or-she-versus-they[/quote]

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