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Radical Copyeditor (Alex Kapitan)
Transgender Style Guide
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About
Radical Copyeditor is the project of editor and educator Alex Kapitan, who writes and trains on “liberatory language” — the premise that language is not simply violent or neutral but sits on a spectrum, and that careful word choice is part of justice work. Its Transgender Style Guide (2017) is a widely cited, community-grounded reference on respectful language for and about transgender people.
In the commons it is a source for the Sexuality & Gender Identity chapter.
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Host posture is private-mirror-link-out: the guide is published openly on radicalcopyeditor.com (linked) and was live at the last check. The commons keeps a private preservation copy for citation verification and links out. Quotes are held within fair-use limits.
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Version history
- 2020 edition Current canonical
“Thirty Everyday Phrases That Perpetuate the Oppression of Indigenous Peoples” (Oct 2020) — a separate RCE article cited by the indigenous term entry.
Terms citing this source
- Biological Sex Avoid
“Use "assigned female/male at birth" or "sex assigned at birth." Avoid "natal sex," "biologically female/male," or "born a woman/man."”
— Section 2: Bias-Free Language → Birth assignment language