MisgenderMender: A Community-Informed Approach to Interventions for Misgendering

arXiv:2404.14695v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Content Warning: This paper contains examples of misgendering and erasure that could be offensive and potentially triggering.
Misgendering, the act of incorrectly addressing someone's gender, inflicts serious harm and is pervasive in everyday technologies, yet there is a notable lack of research to combat it. We are the first to address this lack of research into interventions for misgendering by conducting a survey of gender-diverse individuals in the US to understand perspectives about automated interventions …

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