Transgender Munchkin?

[Eben]

Unless you run into the few people that believe that being constrained by gender rules is offensive. ie The people that try to raise their kid without ever refering to them by him or her.

http://jonathanturley.org/2009/07/03...derless-child/

"A Swedish couple has long opposed “the artificial construct of gender.” So, they have refused to disclose the gender of their child, who is being called Pop in the Swedish media. They are dressing Pop with dresses as well as non-dresses — and have given the child feminine and non-feminine hair styles alternatively. "

[aeronaut]

Originally Posted by Eben

"A Swedish couple has long opposed “the artificial construct of gender.” So, they have refused to disclose the gender of their child, who is being called Pop in the Swedish media. They are dressing Pop with dresses as well as non-dresses — and have given the child feminine and non-feminine hair styles alternatively. "

Wow, what a can of worms that is opening. Hope they are wealthy enough to afford the therapy that I suspect the kid will need when he/she hits puberty and beyond.

But this is way off topic. My apologies.

Peace.

Regards,
aeronaut

[snarky]

Originally Posted by Eben

Unless you run into the few people that believe that being constrained by gender rules is offensive. ie The people that try to raise their kid without ever refering to them by him or her.

Munchkin is a game. There are rules to playing the game. One of those rules is that every character must be either male or female. Don't like the rules? Don't play the game.

Note: it's the character that must be of one gender or the other, not the player. Even if you were playing with the One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple People-Eater, it would have to choose its character's gender.

[Morfeatire]

relax, people like that spend 24/7 taking care and growing their "isms" there's no free time to play.

[MunchkinMan]

Originally Posted by Morfeatire

relax, people like that spend 24/7 taking care and growing their "isms" there's no free time to play.

I'd avoid unfair generalizations like that, if at all possible, especially since it's hard to place the context without a quote. I'd hate for those who are gender equality/human rights/LGBQT activists to think that their work is being belittled by an attempt to make them out to be only interested in spoiling everyone's fun, or at least not at ever enjoying their own free time (which I'm sure they have) with a game of Munchkin or two.

For the next bit, I'm not going to bother with gender issues as far as pronouns, I'm just going to go with English grammar as I was taught it *cough cough* years ago.

As far as the topic goes, I'd agree: The game is designed around the character having one gender. If the player wants to put himself into a position of indicating a dual gender situation, then I'd allow him to decide his character's gender at the start of the game. However, at least in my experience (which is not inconsiderable at this point), a male-to-female transgendered person typically wants to be seen and treated as female, and a female-to-male transgendered person wants to be seen and treated as male and probably wouldn't try to make it a complicated issue.

[Morfeatire]

perhaps it sounded wrong 'cause of language barrier, but wasn't meant to be offensive.

I could debate about isms and how they fight for everything they care but equality but that was not the point, and I'm sorry it sounded like that. Feel free to edit/delete it

[Grej]

Originally Posted by MunchkinMan

then I'd allow him to decide his character's gender at the start of the game.

At the start of the game - before the player gets his cards? Or he can check his starting cards and then choose gender for character?

[Andrew Hackard]

Originally Posted by Grej

At the start of the game - before the player gets his cards? Or he can check his starting cards and then choose gender for character?

Whichever your group prefers. We're in the realm of house rules.

[Grej]

Originally Posted by Andrew Hackard

Whichever your group prefers. We're in the realm of house rules.

And if we play tournament? FAQ allows to choose gender before the game

[Eben]

Originally Posted by snarky

Munchkin is a game. There are rules to playing the game. One of those rules is that every character must be either male or female. Don't like the rules? Don't play the game.

Note: it's the character that must be of one gender or the other, not the player. Even if you were playing with the One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple People-Eater, it would have to choose its character's gender.

Pronouns are too puny for LOTA.