You do not need to be female to be offended.

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

From my vantage point, when I'm criticized in a way that I can hear what's being said - i.e., the issues - I'm more likely to listen and respond. A lot of the personal email I receive consists of name calling; I'll write back and say: Talk to me like I'm a person and you're a person and tell me where you disagree with me. I can't tell you how that turns people upside down. More often than not they write back with an apology and a reasoned argument.

Putting our heads in the sand is not a wise strategy.

Calling a trans person by their former name is referred to as "deadnaming" and is considered highly offensive to most trans people I know.

I keep reading that Donald Trump is the most pro-LGBT GOP presidential nominee of all time - and I actually think that's true.

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