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[โ€“] countflacula@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's no reason to gender the word Mayor, a Mayor is a Mayor despite whatever bits they have.

[โ€“] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

There you are wrong. The official titel of a female mayor is "mayoress", so it is "Mr. Mayor" and "Madam Mayoress". Well, at least in the UK.

Source: I had to deal with them last week.