In Spanish, you have "el" being referenced as masculine, and "la" to the femenine. If someone is trans- it will probably be the gender that is visible to the public.
For example, a man that is dressed and identifies as a woman, would be called "la". There is no gender neutral terms in Spanish as "the" in English
At least that is how I imagine it. Here in Argentina we usually don't care much, and if someone is offended, we say sorry and move on.
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I've noticed that people in other countries tend to respect a person's wishes to be called their preferred pronoun much more than Americans do, regardless of age. When I went to Thailand, everyone there was super chill about someone being transgender and calling them by their preferred pronouns. Same with Taiwan. I didn't stay in Japan long enough, but I assume they also do the same thing since respect is highly valued in that country. The only time I ever see someone being a complete asshole about offending someone by not calling them their preferred pronoun is in the US. I don't understand why people go out of their way to be a complete jackass to someone who is transgender here. Maybe it's just the area where I live; pretty much all parts of the Central Valley (minus the school campuses) of California tends to be very intolerant towards the LGBT community.