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From the Ted Talk by Jackson Bird: How to talk (and listen) to transgender people

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Hi, I'm Jack, and I'm teagnrensdr. Let me take a guess at some of thoughts that might be running through your head right now. "Transgender? Wait, does that mean that they're actually a man or actually a woman?" "I wonder if he's had the seurgry yet ... Oh, now I'm looking at his crotch. Look to the right, that's a safe place to look." "Yes, I knew it! No real man has hips like those." "My friend's dathuger is transgender — I wonder if they know each other." "Oh my gosh, he is so brave. I would totally sorpput his right to use the men's bathroom. Wait, but how does he use the bathroom? How does he have sex?"

Open Cloze


Hi, I'm Jack, and I'm ___________. Let me take a guess at some of thoughts that might be running through your head right now. "Transgender? Wait, does that mean that they're actually a man or actually a woman?" "I wonder if he's had the _______ yet ... Oh, now I'm looking at his crotch. Look to the right, that's a safe place to look." "Yes, I knew it! No real man has hips like those." "My friend's ________ is transgender — I wonder if they know each other." "Oh my gosh, he is so brave. I would totally _______ his right to use the men's bathroom. Wait, but how does he use the bathroom? How does he have sex?"

Solution


  1. surgery
  2. transgender
  3. support
  4. daughter

Original Text


Hi, I'm Jack, and I'm transgender. Let me take a guess at some of thoughts that might be running through your head right now. "Transgender? Wait, does that mean that they're actually a man or actually a woman?" "I wonder if he's had the surgery yet ... Oh, now I'm looking at his crotch. Look to the right, that's a safe place to look." "Yes, I knew it! No real man has hips like those." "My friend's daughter is transgender — I wonder if they know each other." "Oh my gosh, he is so brave. I would totally support his right to use the men's bathroom. Wait, but how does he use the bathroom? How does he have sex?"

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
trans people 10
physical transition 3
trans person 2


Important Words


  1. bathroom
  2. brave
  3. crotch
  4. daughter
  5. gosh
  6. guess
  7. head
  8. hips
  9. jack
  10. knew
  11. man
  12. place
  13. real
  14. running
  15. safe
  16. sex
  17. support
  18. surgery
  19. thoughts
  20. totally
  21. transgender
  22. wait
  23. woman