[gothic-l] Re: Some neologisms

[Dicentis a roellingua@gmail.com [gothic-l]]

I understand it. It's very good that you share this and I can just say that
it's very good of you how open you are about this.

If you are part of the third gender and speak Gothic too, there is a good
reason to have a word for it. I look again at your suggestion, and although
the idea is not bad, I think that it's better if Edmund, as he is the
linguist here, judges what would be a good word. When I design new Gothic
word, I usually look at the etymology of the word in most languages or
where it was first used.

We are dealing with two words here, transgender and non-binary people.

Transgender could be translated as trans + gender, which would be
hindafadrein or ufarfadrein.

Non-binary people would literally translated be: ni twafalþs liuþs.


2015-02-14 21:26 GMT+01:00 write2andy at yahoo.com [gothic-l] <
gothic-l at yahoogroups.com>:

>
>
> I used "þata" just to show the gender. The word is "tudr", but I wanted to
> show it was grammatically neuter.
>
> Transgender politics are hard to explain in a short paragraph or so, but
> here are the basics:
>
>    - A man who was born a woman is a man, and usually will not appreciate
>    being called a woman at all, or at least wants to be "manna" rather than
>    "qinamanna" or the like, and vice-versa.
>    - There are more than two genders. Non-binary people are those who
>    identify outside of the man and woman gender model; maybe we take from it
>    or identify close to one or the other, but we still require our own
>    terminology and repressing it is the opposite of our goal in gaining
>    recognition and acceptance.
>
> I personally would require terms like "tudr" and "mah", being both a part
> of the third gender and the Gothic revival movement. I want Gothic (as with
> all languages) to be available to non-binary people, rather than just
> another example of binarism and exclusion. I personally think these
> neologisms, and others which I will propose in the future, are needed. I
> just felt like it's time to bring this to light and offer my suggestions
> for how we can express this.
>
>  
>
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