Re: Conference Cancels SF Author Fox For Refusing To Comply With Gender Pronouns Pronouns

Don wrote:

     Richard Fox is an incredible sci-fi author with his Ember
     War series and for Baen Books, and yet Author Nation is
     choosing to discriminate against conservatives who don't
     want to play pronoun games.
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     ... Fox chose to mock the question rather than take it
     seriously in the private survey. He filled out the form
     with "f***/off," as he rightly didn't want to play the
     game of gender politics for a conference that is supposed
     to be about business. ...
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     <https://fandompulse.substack.com/p/author-nation-book-conference-cancel

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       Fox chose to say what he likes to be refered to apart from his name.
Looking at his picture it seems he is male and might prefer to be
designated Him or He. He chose to inject his personal politicis into
the matter.  But maybe he did not want to be around the people who
prefer pronouns that may not fit their appearance.
       But he is the one who chose to ignore the simple instruction
and maybe he felt entitled as a male author of some standing to ignore
social rules.

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Fox ought to sue for toxic exposure to a known mental health risk:
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     Transgender and gender nonbinary adults in the U.S. are
     more likely to report worsening memory and thinking,
     functional limitations and depression compared to
     cisgender (non-transgender) adults, according to two
     studies reported at the Alzheimer's Association
     International Conference (AAIC) 2021 in Denver and
     virtually.
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     <https://aaic.alz.org/releases_2021/transgender-adults-cognition.asp>
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       quoting from the article
 "and the social inequities experienced by transgender adults are also
linked to an increased risk of cognitive impairment."
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       So if Mr.Fox had appeared he might have imposed social inequity
upon any transgender or non-binary individual who crossed his path.
       Better if he stayed away then, at least for the gender inconguent
persons attending the conference. And some of them might be authors.