What's the preferred term?

[suckseed]

Do you prefer shemale or transexual?
I'm asking the ladies of course.

[suckseed]

uh...yeah. maybe they're both just peachy. But i just wanted to get it right, ya know.

[Vicki Richter]

I think shemale is appropriate for most girls working in the sex industry proudly showing off her parts. I think it's ridiculous to call girls pre-op TS's if they don't have surgery planned within a 5 year timespan. In my forums someone suggested non-op TS... That might be appropriate in a PC sort of way.

However, It depends on who you ask. For example Absolute Shade apparently likes the term "fag with tits" per her recent post. And no, in case anyone thinks I am making that up to be catty, she actually did say that.

[castabyss]

Vicki, I may love you.........

Oh God did I say that out loud?

[tubgirl]

yeah, i think you did

[TheGuard]

What's in a title anyway, it's not like you would go to one of these parties and yell across a room to a girl "Hey, you, the pre-op transsexual", titles are silly.

[suckseed]

Thanks, Vicki.
True enough, Guard, in real time, but here I find myself needing to refer to 'you girls', tgirls, ts, etc., and it occured to me that one or more of them might be offensive.

[rvince]

transgender seems to be the least offensive in general, but YMMV of course.

[SexxxyJade]

im a Transexual

[Vicki Richter]

im a Transexual
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Sexy Shemale Jada

Shouldn't that say, "Sexy Transsexual Jada" then? :P

I still argue that a bit. Most girls calling themselves TS won't have SRS in 5 or even 10 years from now. This is despite having the funds or means sometime within that timespan to do it. Mentally most true TS have a revulsion to their penises. Again this isn't opinion, it's a medical fact. This being the case, you wouldn't see a girl sacrificing what she wants to be for $$$. I think there is a whole different class of girls today who are transgendered, living as women, but not really all that motivated to get a sex change. I call it shemale because it's a porn word and most of these girls are working in the adult industry. So it's fitting. Again, if you use that term in a chat room "hey are there any hot shemales in here", many of the girls will go off on you because it's dirty.

Vicki