is the term shemale offensive ?

[justatransgirl]

Me - I'm a "BoyGirl"

Giggle,
TS Jamie

[flowerboy]

why do americans (more often than others) have such a sensitive spot for offensive words?

i mean, in my opinion, words are just words. out side the context of a sentence or intention their offensiveness seem irrelevant. its when you start labeling words as offensive, that they get a life of their own, and strength...
mostly in the hands of people with bad intentions, who would have anyway found a way to show their malice regardless of the specific word they are using.

there are no bad words without bad intentions.

[BrendaQG]

You know mabey it's some kind of a Midwestern thing or I have a thick skin....

To answer the question. Shemale when used on a board like this is not offensive to me. As it has been written a few times in P&R threads this is Hungangels. Now in my personal opinion once a transsexual woman, transwoman, .... types that address into the address bar they know what they are getting into. I am not and no one should be surprise or offended to hear that word here.

Now IRL face to face, especially in a professional setting, being called a shemale would piss me the fuck off.

Just my personal opinion.

[Charlie31]

This is my first post after lurking in this forum for a couple of months now. I find the term "shemale" offensive because of what a few posters indicated in previous replies. That term came from the porn industry & this gives the pre-op/post-op TG woman unnecessary, unwarranted misconceptions about them. What about the pre-op TG woman, the post-op TG woman? They went through so many struggles to achieve on becoming what they are now, to be considered & accepted as 100% woman by the general public. Society forgets that these women gave up everything to be what they are. I accept & respect them for that because I went through struggles in a different way, getting called many racial names while growing up. In some sort of way, I can relate to these women completely. I am a open minded man that sees that a pre-op/post-op TG woman can offer a man the same femininity, class, sexiness, & to be treated with the same respect as a genetic woman gets by a straight man, like myself. I personally feel that if you are closed minded, you can miss out on your soulmate, she can EVEN be the pre-op/post-op TG woman, if you are open minded enough to see it. I really do believe that! As of right now, I am still seeking a woman that is my soulmate, the one I am compatible with & the one I want to spend the rest of my life with. I always asked myself this question, "Why does it have to be so hard to find an attractive woman that will give you the same effort as I do on making a relationship be long term & successful?" I am the old fashioned type that gives that special someone flowers, no matter the occassion, just to let her know I love her, being affectionate in public, opening doors for her, to me, this lets everyone know I am proud of my woman & how proud I am with her. I feel this makes a woman feel good inside about herself, to give her the attention & respect she deserves as a woman. To me, I feel good inside knowing that I give nothing but undue respect to my woman, if & when I ever meet her.
So to answer that question to this topic, yes, this term is offensive.
I want to wish everyone a Happy Easter & hope when I go to NYC soon, I will be able to meet some of the women here.
Take care.

[tstv_lover]

It's a fair enough question.

Personally, I've always called a girl using her name. If I need to use a label then either transsexual or tgirl. I know that some girls get very offended by insensitive use of words, although they might not speak out immediately. Comments on this thread from girls seems to bear this out.

[lucx]

well... i usually call a girl by her name... but if i have to generalize i use "Girl" or "woman" because this is what they are... or at least what i think they are...