Non-Pejorative

[Prismatic (imported)]

Anyone not identifying as male or female would be considered non-binary regardless of surgical or chemical alterations made, so why not that?

I'm pretty different from other non-binary identifying people myself but I don't think there needs to be special terms talking about each type of non-binary person, especially something as rare these days as someone castrated prior to puberty. If one existed and did not identify as male or female they could describe themselves/be described neutrally as "non-binary castrated AMAB"

[ZeuterMe (imported)]

My first impression: Gelding. Of the words I know for an altered animal, it's the only one with positive connotation, and it's relatively widely understood.

I'm going to go back and read the rest of the thread, but I value my gut reactions, so I figure I'll share that before I second-guess it!

[OneBallBoi (imported)]

One thing that I learned in the last 6 months. October 1st I got on Medicare and Medicare Supplemental.. Part of my Supplemental program is a free membership in the YMCA. I have learned one thing from being in the locker rooms. They are all the same size, Small. Modesty is out the window. You have seen on penis, you have seen them all and they are all small. You quickly loose any scare.. They are all the same size, Small.

[erikboy (imported)]

Human.

No need to stress non existing gender.

[Losethem (imported)]

My first impression: Gelding. Of the words I know for an altered animal, it's the only one with positive connotation, and it's relatively widely understood.

I'm going to go back and read the rest of the thread, but I value my gut reactions, so I figure I'll share that before I second-guess it!

I'd personally find being branded a gelding offensive. Perhaps fine for others, but I think it's actually a pejorative if used to try to cover all.

[Prismatic (imported)]

I'd personally find being branded a gelding offensive. Perhaps fine for others, but I think it's actually a pejorative if used to try to cover all.

I agree with LT on this one, although for me it seems pejorative mainly based off of how it is typically associated with animals.

[ka.dick. (imported)]

How about "a person"?

I dunno why we need to use labels, much less create them artificially. A term will probably pop up at one point, or perhaps some generic term will find a new use for this purpose (just like the world 'gay' had a different meaning originally).

As a side note, it's really just a language thing. I find it interesting how various languages deal with genders differently. In some, every noun including non-living objects has to have a gender. In others, most designations of people have to have genders. In some, it's not necessary. E.g. in English, you say 'customer' and it's gender-neutral unless you specify it. But some, perhaps most, languages have a permanent declension system to assign a gender to the word.

I find it annoying; at the very least, these arbitrary rules make it difficult to learn new languages. But again languages evolve and this will sort out on its own. For now, I would rather avoid assigning some artificial designation "just because".