I’m just taking a stab at why one term seems to be more popular than another. I'm not making a value judgment. The fact that Latinx is hard to pronounce in Spanish isn't really a point in its favor. Though then again, it's not really a contest and, as has been stated numerous times in this thread, no one is going to…

You’re clearly misunderstanding the question about trans Latinx people. We’re not talking about individuals. We’re talking about a broad term used to describe a group. So in this case, you’d be referring to a group of people that includes both men and women, some of them trans women who are likely misgendered on a…

Right... I’m the stupid one. Not the guy who can’t seem to understand that many people who are not male don’t like being referred to with a masculine pronoun simply because it’s traditionally been the default. A guy who gets all bent out of shape over an attempt to use inclusive language and assumes based on nothing…

Did you also notice the part where it said that young women were more likely to use it whereas men are the smallest group? Gee, I wonder why. Shouldn't their voices matter more? What about the part where only 12% of the people who’d heard of it actually dislike it? You also didn’t answer any of my questions. What…

Presuming that someone is using a term that makes their skin crawl based on some secret editorial mandate IS acting like an asshole. You can’t claim that it was a legitimate question and not an unsupported assumption and then call me an asshole for answering the question for you. I mean, you can and you just did. But…

Did you actually read the poll you linked? The “documented majority” said they haven’t even heard the term (which doesn’t really support your notion that it’s widespread in the media, by the way). The poll doesn’t ask what they want to be called or whether they care.

Absolutely. It’s still a relatively new term and it may catch on more broadly, stay contentious, or disappear completely. I don't personally care either way. I'm just annoyed at people hyperbolically griping about white people ruining the Spanish language on an article written by a Latina. It's really dumb. 

I’ve seen that poll before. New terms take a while to catch on. It doesn’t prove your claim that English-speaking people are “policing” another language. I also disagree with the idea that “English-speaking media" has "latched onto it." It's still not widely used in general, media or not, and there are many Latinx…

it’s a word popularized by English speakers who think its their place to police the grammatical structure of another language

Sure, creating and advocating for the usage of politically correct language can be a form of prescriptivism. But no one here is actually saying, "You need to use this word." We're simply noting that it exists and why, which is descriptivism. People like the person I responded to are acting like language shouldn't…

Nah... That’s still not the same. Latinx is used to refer to a group of people with varying genders, not a single individual. If you were speaking of a single person who presents as male and called them Latinx rather than Latino, that would be comparable to calling everyone you meet "they" by default. Which is…

Not in the linguistic sense. Prescriptivists are against changing language and grammar whereas prescriptivists describe the way that language evolves. 

Because they’re racist against Spanish-speakers? Is that what you’re insinuating?

Her public Twitter account is linked from the article. But sure. I’m a stalker.

How does Latinx not “make sense”? It’s replacing the masculine O with a gender-neutral X. That makes plenty of sense to me. Maybe you’re being myopic.

No, it doesn’t. Using a singular pronoun for an individual whose gender is known is totally different than using a group pronoun for people with unknown or mixed genders. You’re just being a combative ass.

Seems like she uses it quite frequently on Twitter, so I guess we can put that little conspiracy theory to rest. But I’m sure she appreciates your concern for her.

The the -o ending also applies to mixed and unknown, not that the masculine has supremacy or that any application is exclusively masculine.

Latino is the male form. It also applies to mixed and unknown.

Right. But Latino is the male form of the word, which is the reason why people have come up with an alternative. Surely you can understand why “male is the default” rubs some people the wrong way.