please forgive my ignorance...

[waltham]

... But is there a difference between a TS , a she male, and a ladyboy? I thought they were the same thing but several adverts refer to them in the alternative. Even LLB web site has them as different categories.

[Prospero]

Not a difference - but TS is short for Transsexual - which is what transgendered girls prefer to be called. Ladyboys generally refers to girls from Thailand and nearby points and shemale is a term used mainly in the porn or escorting business. In my experience very few TS women like that word.

TV is transvestite.

[waltham]

Thx Prospero. I had the TV part. I think I get the active passive element, and also the versatile bit. Are top or bottom the same thing as well? Sorry to ask what are probably obvious to the rest of you.

[Prospero]

Top is a girl or a guy) who is wholly or prefers to be the active partner. In S & M it has a different connotation - being the dominatrix. Bottom is the person who gives themselves over to be used - either to be fucked or in an S& M context to be dominated.

[waltham]

Thx prospero... BTW autocorrect tells me you are in fact prosperous lol.

[Prospero]

No... I am Prospero

[Ts RedVeX]

I believe that officially "TS" which stands for "transsexual" is a term that still refers to someone that aims at and undergoes full sex reassignment at some point in their life. Hence, it is wrong to use the word to refer to a shemale or a ladyboy who are in fact transgendered and quite happy with what they were born with down below. They identify themselves neither as male nor female whereas transsexuals' gender identity is clearly determined.

Despite that, punters and providers, we do not give a flying fuck to the definitions and we will use whatever sells better, causing chaos in the less-interested people's minds.

[LibertyHarkness]

i like the term Ladyboy its cute lol

[waltham]

Why thankyou ladies that helps. I feel I have got to grips with the terminology. I am comfortable with going with a TS and have no issues paying. All I have to do now is find the right one for me....no easy task given all the fake adverts, photo shopped pictures, or ladies who promise the world but deliver a poor service. But I am getting there... A whole new world of fun awaits me.

Prospero .... Are you a fan of Shakespeare?

[rodinuk]

..or should that be Marlowe?