Question for transexuals

[TaraJo]

What if you are using a derogatory term to criticize people who would use it straight?

Example: Tea Party group seeks to impeach muslim socialist nigger.

Me, I'm still far more concerned with the context that the term is used than I am with the term itself. Call me a shemale all you want, as long as you're attempting to be respectful, I'm cool with you.

(although, generally speaking, 'shemale' is considered a sex-industry term and an insult to the overwhelming majority of trans women, so it should probably be avoided. But, hey, context still matters).

[Violet]

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This woman used the word trannies during a chat show in America but in the context of highlighting anti-transexual behaviour by police in a light hearted way.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/01...ref=topbar

Gabourey Sidibe: There was a bar that we would frequent and every time we'd go, when we were leaving every single time there was always like a gang of cops arresting trannies.
Audience: [Laughter]

Sidibe: Specifically trannies.

Arsenio Hall: Yeah…

Sidibe: And I don't know what goes on with trannies but that tranny on tranny crime needs to stop!

Arsenio Hall and audience: [Laughter]

Sidibe [chuckling]: It is tearing our nation apart!

So as her intent was NOT anti-transexual but to highlight to a certain extent prejudice they face.

Is her good intentions enough to mitigate her use of what some see as a derogatory term?

she has since apologised for the term but is she right to?

I've apologized several times for using the word "Tranny". I don't realize that it was a slur. I'm very sorry for my poor choice of words.

My personal view is that by using it in a way that was not anti-transexual she took a little bit of the power out of the term.

But this is just the opinion of one who is not at all trans-gender or whatever so it carrys as much weight as a fart in a pig farm.

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Intent is the driving force behind derogative words. It's the difference between being called a dirty slut by your lover during sex, and being called a dirty slut by your mother.

If the two are one and the same, well... it's not my right to judge.

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Also, I do not understand the joke. If cops 'arrest trannies' at this bar on a consistent basis, then why do they keep coming? I'm just... it's lost on me.

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But I also know there are some crazy, angry transsexuals who probably don't feel that way. Hell, sometimes it feels like all the other trannies are going out of their way to find something to be outraged about. For example:

http://www.dailydot.com/society/laci-gre...h-threats/

Some?

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I just refer to people by their preference of pronoun

And if you don't know it, do you defer to 'it'?

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By the way, I'm genderqueer <snip>

I'm not genderqueer <snip>

Hello everyone, I am dead

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So I have a question and I hope it's not offensive. If you're MtF trans do you still have to go in for prostate exams? And do still have to check for male related cancers? Question goes for FtM as well.

Have to? No.

Should? If 'you' want to.

Do I want to? No.

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Thank you I think it's all fascinating, but why would u want cancer?

It's an easy orchiectomy.

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It's still more or less a male dominated world. There are advantages to looking like a man, as far as what jobs you can get, how much money you can get, and if some people take you seriously instead of judging you for your breast size.

It's still more or less a female dominated world. There are advantages to looking like a woman, as far as what jobs you can get, how much money you can get, and if some people take you seriously by judging you by your breast size.

It's not the advantage set everyone wants, but it plays to my strengths.

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We use "transvestite" here.

Transvestites are also trannies.

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Me, I'm still far more concerned with the context that the term is used than I am with the term itself. Call me a shemale all you want, as long as you're attempting to be respectful, I'm cool with you.

(although, generally speaking, 'shemale' is considered a sex-industry term and an insult to the overwhelming majority of trans women, so it should probably be avoided. But, hey, context still matters).

There is no context in which I would not be turned off by the words 'he-she' or 'shemale'. There are many contexts in which I would be offended by the use of said terms.

More than just a sex-industry term, it tacks masculinity onto the word (degrading the femininity of the person in question). I strongly caution the use of this word in the company of transwomen, unless one's goal is to depress said individual, make them feel self-conscious and ugly, and to effectively spit upon all the work they've done.

In which case: you're sick, and I have a rising desire to end you.