Use of the Word Tranny

[livepersona]

So there seems to be controversy of the use of the word Tranny lately. What is everyone's thoughts on this word? To me Tranny is just a sexual term and I mean no harmful intent when using it. It seems a little overblown but I'm also not a transsexual who has to deal with this issue. Is Tranny the new "Nigga"? Only select individuals can use this word freely?

If so what happens to the phrase 'Tranny Chaser"? Can Tranny's call Trannys but no one else?

[KellyKlaymour]

In my personal life, I'd definitely like to not be called a tranny..and I certainly never call anyone else one ever. As for porn, I know it's a top search word, so I end up hashtagging my pictures with tranny, shemale, etc, so that I can be found by more people. It's a business, and I just remove my personal opinions from it's platform.

[livepersona]

What would the proper term be then? Culture tends to create nicknames slang out of proper terms. Transsexual and Transgender naturally gets made into Tranny or Trans. Is Trans a better name?

[Ts RedVeX]

I would say it was originally a pejorative term. The thing is that for example admirers may not realise that and may use it without intention of hurting anyone. Same goes to "shemale" and other words that originally had a different meaning. All in all, the meaning depends on the context. I'd say that the short forms are simply more general and only appropriate long as people know what others have in mind when they use them.

[AshlynCreamher]

When I'm on live cam, you can call me just about any word in the book and i will agree with you 100%.

For me (tranny) is a umbrella term for; transsexual, transvestite, transgender, etc. and not at all offensive.

Best,

[ElectricWoody]

New Term:

WARM WILLING ASS

Ya, that sorta has a soft touch to it. :ignore:

[Torris]

It's a pejorative term. Tgirl or TG conveys a better descriptive without emphasizing the male aspect in shemale. But tranny sounds like a putdown

[Torris]

Hate the term pussy stick too FWIW

[the commander]

I always understood the term to refer specifically to Transvestites and Crossdressers like myself. I can understand why Transgender women would be offended by being referred to that way, but honestly, I think most of the time it is used because people just aren't familiar with what is appropriate, rather than intentionally using it in a malicious way.

I kind of feel like if it is obvious that it is not being used in an insulting manner, either out of ignorance or otherwise, we should cut people a little slack. However, if it IS being used in a negative manner, then we need to speak up.

The Commander
DIA

[dontarte]

Having been in a ltr, my partner was mentally, socially sexually, even physically (bar the 1 obvious feature) a girl and that is how she thought of herself and I of her. T-girl or transgirl were the acceptable terms we used to express any form of distinction, but note the key term girl or woman was always in the mix.

[Tapatio]

Hate the term pussy stick too FWIW

Right on. Same goes for "boi clit" or (forgive me, Gaga) "disco stick."

Euphemisms arise from discomfort- even shame.

It's a penis. There is nothing to be ashamed of, regardless your sexuality/gender/etc, regardless whether you give or receive.

"Tranny" is pretty bad, IMO. Props to the girls who feel they have to use or accept it as part of their business, though.

Realpolitik, ya' know?

[disnug]

Tranny is kind of derogatory. It's best used by transgender girls about other T/G's.
At least that's what my T/G girlfriend told me.
I always just use Girl for any TG Girl, Drag Queen, or CD, if they are wearing woman's clothing.

It it just "safer" than offending, assuming you care.

Just my .02.

Disnug.

[Marty Mcfly]

Ita better then Sissyboy
Or He-She.

[Turlington]

Powerglide is worse.

[flabbybody]

Ita better then Sissyboy
Or He-She.

forget about ever using He-She
That might result in serious injury

[AshlynCreamher]

Ita better then Sissyboy
Or He-She.

I hope you're joking because that's a really fucked up thing to say

[Jamie French]

......
http://deadgirl-productions.com/2.jpg

[phillyguy21]

Honestly, I think the new outrage over "tranny" is a product of a few keyboard jockeys, and not the community as a whole. When I first started interacting with t-girls (both non-working and working), I took great care to always use the nicer and more euphemistic terminology I had learned on the internet. I used words like transwoman, clit, and pussy. The girls would always kinda look at me like a weirdo. I noticed that they almost always used the words tranny, dick, and ass instead of the previous three. I have still never heard a girl, in-person, say that they were offended by tranny. However, it has recently become a big deal on the internet. With all that being said, I always respect a persons identity, and I will refer to them as they wish.

[Ben in LA]

Ita better then Sissyboy
Or He-She.

I've seen girls fight over the term he-she...and shim. :(

[LibertyHarkness]

shimmy for the win :) though i prefer the term Faggot with Tits :)

[Prospero]

Lovely new avatar Liberty, my fave shemale or he-she or tranny or boygirl or ladyboy or transwoman, or girlyboy homo on hormones - gaygirly stick wielder dicklady or whatever.... oh yes Faggot with tits lol

[Ts RedVeX]

It isn't just bragging about use of the word. People who have respect for themselves and expect respect from others will slap you in the face for calling them trannies. I know I would. Unless of course you were my good friend or one of my clients or I just wanted a shag...

[LibertyHarkness]

thanks prospero .. my gf took them on tuesday afternoon of me on my balcony :)

[Paladin]

shimmy for the win :) though i prefer the term Faggot with Tits :)

Or guys with tits - there was actually a movie line with this title some time back.

[Prospero]

Dong Lady? bitch wid balls? Willy woman?

[LibertyHarkness]

lately on webcam when i get guys call my cock clitty and all that lame ass shit . i just up the gay factor of the cam show its quite funny peoples reactions ...

I had one guy telling me how he wanted to eat my asspussy and suck my girly clitty stick .. so i said i love it that guys are into gay sex like me, and how great being a gayboy is .. i asked him how long he has been into gay sex etc ... i was creasing up and my girlfriend was dying in laughter at the guys responses.. seems i really upset him with this level of play lol :) :) gotta love a sense of humor :)

[Prospero]

Liberty unmasked!

[LibertyHarkness]

Shhhhhhhh dont blow my cover :)

[Prospero]

liberty meets prospero

[LibertyHarkness]

wtf is that lol can i put him in my glass tank as a pet :)

[livepersona]

......
http://deadgirl-productions.com/2.jpg

True dat! I can dig it.

[the commander]

Ita better then Sissyboy

Unless you are a sissyboy.....

<------------------------------------------Sissyboy



Which, as far as I know, is just another term for a Crossdresser. Seriously, just call people what they want to be called, and if someone doesn't refer to you the right way, correct them nicely and assume they don't know any better.

The Sissy Commander
DIA

[crystalsopen]

In my personal life, I'd definitely like to not be called a tranny..and I certainly never call anyone else one ever. As for porn, I know it's a top search word, so I end up hashtagging my pictures with tranny, shemale, etc, so that I can be found by more people. It's a business, and I just remove my personal opinions from it's platform.
I agree, and I use it in hash tags too like #trannycrushtuesday, like I did earlier today here (http://twitter.com/CrystalSopen/status/484005970574458880)