We need to regain the art of civil discourse and more practically, I don't think you change anyone's mind by calling them names.

There's nothing you can say that won't make you seem ungrateful or rude.

Cross-dressing is more of a set of actions or behaviors and not synonymous with gender identity (straight, gay, bisexual, transgender, among others).

I really don't understand how parents can talk about gay couples' PDA as a problem or a transgender teen's suicide and not the fact that too many of our kids are being murdered in the schools and on the streets.

The right to be married was hard earned by the marriage equality movement and one of its "perks" is the right to use the terms commonly associated with marriage; husband and wife are the two most common.

I know many of my female friends do not like being referred to as "ladies."

I think identity issues have their place in the workplace, less so personal behaviors.