Oh n o, I get that… the FemSkin thing is definitely on the peripheral. Know what would be wild? A F2M wearing a FemSkin. Or, a M2F wearing a ManSkin (new item, all royalties payable to me), dressed in drag.
OMG. You went all the way there, lol!
'Scuze me for a moment - starting to spazz and see double…
“Transgender” is not a verb.
If your friend currently likes women, and is able to transition, she will likely still like women, as gender presentation and sexual orientation are entirely different things. She may be read as a heterosexual male currently, and would likely be read as a lesbian woman after transitioning.
There’s nothing to see here; move along.
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In Elusis’ defense, it is a kind of a slur. It’s just one that’s so ingrained into common parlance (that relates to a minority so peripheral) that most don’t speak up about it.
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Well, it appears my previous comment was eaten, but seriously, “tranny” is a slur and it reflects poorly on those who use it.
http://www.advocate.com/politics/commentary/2012/01/27/oped-t-word-hasnt-changed-we-have
It’s tacky, it’s transphobic, and reveals more about the user’s ignorance and callousness than anything.
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Quite telling that there is dispute within the community. Where I have lived, everyone in the community uses it quite freely, and without considering it a slur of any kind at all.
Which is why I also use it, and will continue to do so. Sorry if you disagree, but that’s how it is.
It’s simple. ‘Trannie’ is a person. A ‘FemSkin’ is not.
But feel free to skip over whatever I write - I don’t mind in the least.
You’ve both had your say on your opinions. If you want to continue to argue it, start a new thread. Back on topic now, cheers.
Within which community? I know some trans men ‘reclaim’ the term, but it’s never been used against them like it’s been used against us.
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LA and ATL, to be specific - in and around groups of gay friends as a rule (gay people being a whole lot more common and out in both places). In LA, it was not used just to refer to people who were trans-gender, it typically meant drag, including both transgender and cross-dressers, and both by and referring to apparent members of either gender regardless of their own personal preferences. That includes quite a few people over a period of decades - though not generally any who would use it as a derogatory term, as I don’t much care for the sort of people who would.
I believe the worst I heard is the term ‘hag’ applied to straight fems with gay male friends, regardless of the nature of their actual relationship. But again - context. Seldom heard that from anyone not clearly jealous of a relationship that didn’t happen to include the person who said it. (As in, a straight bro saying it of a gay bro’s relationship with a mutual friend of gay bro and their mother, a gay friend of a straight friend’s wife, etc. Always jealousy.)
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