(February 10, 2013 at 12:14 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: Are they the same as "shemales"? Or is that just some porn genre unrelated to reality?
This is so confusing.
Yeah, actually, kinda the opposite. For most trans women, we're about as fond of the term 'shemale' as hispanic people are the terms 'spic' or 'beaner.' It's pretty much a porn term. Those of us who do adult industry work tolerate it, but I don't know of any who actually like that term. But the term 'transbian' is totally different. A lot of trans women use that term to identify themselves.
Or, the simple version:
Shemale=






Transbian=


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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama