Not pedantic, just redundant. ;)
One is a personal identifier, the other is categorical. The individual should retain the agency to identify themselves by the personal label of their choosing. Individuals don't have agency in the realm of biological gender.
If I decide that I now identify as Hispanic, I'm free to change my name to Geraldo Morales, and it's reasonable to ask people to call me by my new name (we do it routinely via marriage). It's not reasonable, however, to expect others to refer to me as Hispanic, or for me to list that ethnicity on an official government record. I simply don't have that authority, and I shouldn't expect people to redefine what Hispanic means to suit my personal needs.
The devil made me do it the first time, second time I done it on my own - W
One is a personal identifier, the other is categorical. The individual should retain the agency to identify themselves by the personal label of their choosing. Individuals don't have agency in the realm of biological gender.
If I decide that I now identify as Hispanic, I'm free to change my name to Geraldo Morales, and it's reasonable to ask people to call me by my new name (we do it routinely via marriage). It's not reasonable, however, to expect others to refer to me as Hispanic, or for me to list that ethnicity on an official government record. I simply don't have that authority, and I shouldn't expect people to redefine what Hispanic means to suit my personal needs.
The devil made me do it the first time, second time I done it on my own - W