#not claiming or looking into any intentionality behind the shift to 'AXAB person' pattern

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oh, and the verbiage shift around (C)ASAB! is a problem also!

original: "jordan was CA[X]AB."

passive voice, the subject is acted upon by an external agent (the medical industrial complex) in the past

contemporary 2022: "jordan is A[X]AB."

copula verb, = equals sign, the subject IS this

original: "people who were CA[X]AB are…"

same as before, passive past tense event done by external agent

contemporary 2022: "A[X]AB people are..."

adjective that cannot be changed because it describes an event that happened, frontal adjective that follows identity-first language patterning

like. okay here's my favorite link on identity-first v person-first language. but let me elaborate a bit here.

identity-first language is for situations like Autistic folks (and Deaf folks, Mad folks, Disabled folks, and others) resisting being called "a person with autism" because these are integral parts of ourselves that cannot be separated - being autistic permeates the whole identity and sense of self, there is no way to "cure" and get to "the real person underneath." there is Deaf culture, and people who are members of it do not want called "a person with deafness."

by contrast, person-first language was created for distancing an attribute and emphasizing one's humanity first, as in "a person with disability." a parallel in trans communities is "a person with transitioning experience" - which is important, because not everyone considers themselves to be trans (because =, copula verb BE/IS, indefinite/forever) and that is okay! why would you if you don't relate or have anything meaningful to you in common - words are tools for connecting

now.

"A[X]AB person" is following the identity-first pattern of communicating "this is an integral attribute that cannot be separated from who i am and is important to me, do not distance it from me in conversation."

plus it's often "A[X]AB trans person," putting ASAB before the actual identity-first adjective trans!

i can definitely opine about how starting with A[X]AB doesn't resist the status quo in the way that identity-first language like Autistic does...

but more simply: hey, uh, some people prefer person-first language and that's okay. people relate to descriptors, words, attributes, experiences, traits, etc differently.

and: be intentional about your choice between identity-first and person-first, and aware of who that puts off

personally, "A[X]AB person" pings gender essentialism flags for me. like saying "female woman," y'know?