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Is it insensitive to ask a person if they're transgender?

Asked by rockfan (14627points) November 18th, 2017 from iPhone

I made a friend in my art class, and I’m pretty sure that she’s female to male transgender, but she still goes by a female name in our class. I tried to looked her up Facebook (I’m positive that she has one) but couldn’t find her – there’s a chance that she uses a male name on Facebook. Is it insensitive to ask what pronouns she uses on Facebook, simply because I want to make a friend request?

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