[GoneGirl]

"Transgender" sounds to me like it's describing someone that is in the process of having a sex change, whereas "transgendered" sounds like it's already been done. It's more of a past-tense or plural form of the word. All I'm saying is that the correct usage of English simply dictates that you'd say, "Those people over there are transgendered." But you wouldn't say, "Those people over there are transgender." But, "Chaz Bono is a transgender." would be correct, but you COULD also say, "Chaz Bono is transgendered.", because it's past-tense. It just sounds funny (odd) to drop the "ed", kinda like someone saying, "I don't got any."

As for the word being used for everything across the board, Annie Lennox and Laurie Anderson are androgynous, they tend to dress and look like men (with make-up), but they are not transgendered. (See? It just sounds dumb to say, "they are not transgender" or "they are not a transgender".) As far as I know, they're not even gay! I know Laurie isn't. She used to date/live with Lou Reed. I'm not sure who Annie goes after, if anyone.

Even Webster's states that the word 'transgender' is an adjective, not a verb. So, grammatically, 'transgendered' is incorrect. But, that wasn't my objection to using 'transgender' as though it were a verb. When someone tells me I'm 'transgendered', the implication is that I was once cisgender, but now I'm transgender. That is, something happened to make me transgender. It was a choice I made, or it was the way my parents raised me, etc. But, there is general consensus today that the state of being transgender already exists at one's birth. I was transgender at birth and I've struggled with the condition practically my entire life.

All I'm saying is that the correct usage of English simply dictates that you'd say, "Those people over there are transgendered." But you wouldn't say, "Those people over there are transgender."

On the contrary, "Those people over there are transgender." is correct grammatically, and shows respect for transgender people. Notice I wrote "transgender people" not "transgendered people" just like you'd say "gay people" instead of "gayed people".

All I'm asking is that people refer to us in a way that is respectful, not offensive. The media makes mistakes like this all the time. Misgendering victims of hate crimes is a prime example. It shows either bias or ignorance on their part. Ignorance can be remedied rather easily; bias not so easily.