for sure! transphobes are annoying in that they will often try to weaponize seemingly innocuous terms or phrases to attack trans people. it's hella insidious! 😅

That's basically fash 101: metastasize otherwise innocuous phrases or the like into fash dogwhistles. Remember what they did to Pepe Frog and the "OK" hand gesture?

It makes sense though. My friend transitioned to non-binary a year and a half ago or so and told me about an email their boss sent that was obviously very carefully crafted to avoid using pronouns at all. So, not misgendering - ok, cool, but still making it obvious that the writer is uncomfortable