is the term shemale offensive ?

[blacktgirls]

i am trying to find a non offensive term to decribe the beautiful ladies on this board. the discussion of transgender comes up a lot on this board especially with the assholes who are pretending they are not attracted to these ladies who post here and wouldn't drop to their knees in a second and suck if given the opportunity. i only ask because [u] tg, ts, trans, tgirl ect... doesn't specify if it is ( male to female ) or ( female to male ), or since there does not seem to be any " female to male " on the board we can assume that ts, trans ect... only applies to ( male to female ) i truly luv you ladies but i am clueless

[Jericho]

i am trying to find a non offensive term to decribe the beautiful ladies on this board.

Good luck with that!

[KiraHarden]

I cant speak for any of the other girls here, but I prefer transsexual female

[bulldog]

ive heard a term that I will stick with for the rest of my life

All ts, shemales, ladyboys, etc etc....
I call them all women
they look like women, smell like women, think like women and feel like women, sooooooooooooo they must and have to be women

[Ecstatic]

I concur: women is the best option. However, if the distinction is important, then I favor tgirl or transsexual woman. Shemale, tranny, chicks with dicks, angels with angles, etc. are insulting outside the realm of porn (and even there, as a necessary evil).

Ladyboy is not too bad in reference to Thai and Filipina tgirls, but still comes up as derogatory too often and doesn't apply to other groups.

[tgirlzoe]

I think, in general, "shemale" is offensive. So is "chicks with dicks" and any reference to "man" or "boy" (and I thought chasers were afraid of being gay...). It's popular for porn, though, but IRL very bad.

"Transsexual", "Transgendered" (preferably both as adjectives, not nouns), "TS", "tgirl", etc. are fine.

"Woman" is best ^_^

[Caleigh]

Transwoman is the term I prefer after Woman.

Most of the other terms to me are very sexualized and were
created to make sure to mention the (often despised by the
owner) male appendage. "Tranny" (I think it's the Y at the
end) seems like a very patronizing term that is mostly used
by gay men and is so encompassing as to be too vague.

[bulldog]

here's an idea, instead of labeling them, why not just call them by their name???

[Willie Escalade]

I never use the term "tranny" or "shemale"; I have too much respect for the girls to do so. I call them girls or women...unless they tell me otherwise.

[NadiaUSA]

I dont mind shemale or t-girl. They are necessary on the web.

Transsexual is best, or TS

I am not fond of Transgender or Transwoman, It soulds like a medical problem.