&gt; Well, you might imagine that commentators here are _deliberately_ misgendering you, which is a suggestion so preposterous that I can&#x27;t entertain it.<p>There are a bunch of people who chose to misgender others, even when they know the preferred terms.<p>Whether they get flagged or not seems random.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9896908" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9896908</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9896788" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9896788</a> etc.