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(to) misgender

Swedish translation: Felköna

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22:54 Nov 1, 2019
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
Additional field(s): General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters, Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: (to) misgender
Definition from Oxford Dictionary:
Verb, transitive. The action of misstating a person's gender, especially of addressing or referring to a transgender person in terms that do not reflect their gender identity.

Example sentence(s):
  • Such a law might have reminded Vlaming that misgendering a transgender child is wrong. CNN
  • "Personally, I've been misgendered many times before. and it can be really demoralizing and just frustrating and that people just assume who you are and then try to make excuses for why they have used the wrong pronoun," said owner of Cocoa and Spice, Jennifer Mowad. NBC29
  • Sam Dylan Finch recounts his experience of being misgendered by doctors after attempting suicide, showing why it's critical that doctors do better for transgender patients. Teen Vogue
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Swedish translation:Felköna
Definition:
Verb, Att felaktigt tillskriva någon ett kön de inte är, exempelvis tilltala en transkille med feminina pronomen och titlar.
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Felköna


Definition from Transpersoner i Sverige, SOU.:
Verb, Att felaktigt tillskriva någon ett kön de inte är, exempelvis tilltala en transkille med feminina pronomen och titlar.

Example sentence(s):
  • I inledningen frågades det om deras pronomen för att inte felköna dem i uppsatsen genom att använda fel pronomen eller hänvisa till de på ett felaktigt sätt baserat på deras könsidentitet. - Study from Södertörns högskola  
  • Vi borde börja felköna våra politiker - Nyheter24  
  • Därför är det aldrig okej att felköna. - Metro newspaper  
Ulf Ostman
United States
Local time: 11:05
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 4

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