07/16/2025
Please excuse me for a minute while I do some shameless self promotion. This is Katie and I’m a sociology student at UL. If you have a few minutes to spare, would you consider filling out this survey on misgendering for my research methods class? I need to get at least 100 responses. You don’t have to be LGBTQ+ to participate but I would love to get as diverse a population sample as I can. It’s completely anonymous and you’d be doing me a huge favor! TIA!
Misgendering at its simplest is defined as being referred to by the wrong gender. This can happen when someone uses the wrong pronouns for you, inadvertently misunderstands your gender, willfully doesn’t want to understand your gender, or wants to make you feel unsafe. You don’t even have to be ...