Im just wondering. Is this term offensive to people here? Because I use it often to describe myself, and my trans friends do as well. I dont want to offend people if they dont like the term! My friends and I always call each other "tranny girl" so its like a term of endearment. Your thoughts....
I use it to describe myself when I'm being a b****... but if someone else called me a tranny, I would cut them!
Yes, I find it offensive, not massively, but some. I guess it stems from hearing it used in a negative fashion these last 53 years of my life. The term transgender is not used that way, probably just a matter of time, but still I feel it to be less derorogatory.
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Oh man! Please dont cut me!!! So you dont like the term! Is it a regional thing? Because the trans community around here use it all the time. But I do get the feeling that it is offensive on this fourm.Originally Posted by Bree_K
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So I'll stop throwing it around here! Sorry girls!!! Thats my bad! I need to move out of the ghetto!
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I think it's like the "n" word... we can use it within our community, but if an outsider calls us that word, they're in for some $#%&!!!!!
And for what it's worth, if anything, I'm transexual... not just transgender.
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To be honest, I really feel it depends on how it's used. I've noticed that it usually doesn't bother younger people that much and mostly older people still have negative feelings attached to it.
As I understand it, in the UK it's a fairly informal, and even cool, way of describing yourself as a CDer, but for me personally, "tranny" means transvestite and transvestite is not a term I personally like when describing myself. CDer, T-girl .. I'm ok with with but "tranny" ... not for me, no... I guess I'm weird and old fashioned
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I also think it depends on the context, it doesn't offend me unless I think the person saying it means for it to be offensive.
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I'm not a fan of the word so I do not use it.
Chill Pinky, most of the girls don't like it but it doesn't really matter. The way I see it, I've earned my stripes. If you want to use the word then all you have to do is be a proud T-girl. I have good friends who don't like it and other T-girls I respect who don't like it but none of them have challenged me because they know I'm the real deal, and they also know my heart is in the right place.
I personally don't understand why people want to let the straight world own any part of our identity, but in my case if anybody calls me out as a tranny I just say; "...and?"
To me it's less like the "N" word and more like Fag and Queer. Two more words that I will not give away because the straights think they're pejorative. Screw the straights and normals. They can call me whatever the hell they want, but they will NOT tell me what I will call myself. I'm a queer tranny who used to be a fag. What of it? ;-)
Please don't worry about offending people around here, no one is immune to offense but no one should be above it either. Just be honest and real, the rest will work itself out.
I dunno... I have a lot of gay and lesbian friends and fag and queer fall into the same range in my experience...
But I can call them a fag and they can call me a tranny... I think it's because we're all a part of the gender/sex screwed minority...
well... the few people who knows i´m a crossdresser never call me that, but if they will, or sisy, they will not say it like an ofence, but only for fun...
Well I've been openly gay since 2006 and I tried to fit in with those guys, (unsuccessfully) and the bartenders at my local gay bar know me when I walk in and I can say that gay dudes use the words fag and queer the way gay chicks use dyke. It's no big deal but the "liberal" straights are horrified. (lol)
I tend to think that too may people gay OR straight get WAY too hung up on words and political correctness. People like me will buck the system no matter what. Mainly cuz the system needs buckin'
This is how I view it as well. I've always thought of myself as a non-transitioning TS. But transgender seems to satisfy most people that I talk to. Maybe in a different lifetime I would make some changes.
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I think Bree said it best- within the TG community (greater community if you want to include gay and lesbian), it is fine. But if a non-TG person is saying it,and it's intended to demean, I would find it offensive. But, sometimes it's ignorance by the user, just not knowing the right term, so I try not to judge everyone too harshly.
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"Tranny" Often used by felons and Neanderthals who like to use it in a simple sentence like: "Lets go kick That Tranny's Ass!"
So, that's why we don't like The Term. It's become a pejorative, and I suspect you and your friends might use it in The Same Way. Yes, some Black People use The "N" Word among themselves. But usually The One's with any "quoth" NEVER use that term.....we should learn from their experience. And like The "N" Word, It represents old ways of thinking. It hearken's back to a time when we were arrested for being "tranny's." When we could have our live's ruined, if somebody accused us of being one.
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I don't use either word and I am both. I love being a crossdresser, because I have been one inside for too long. I can't stop anyone from calling me either word, I just will ignore anyone using those words to describe me. I feel that any word that demeans is wrong to use such as punk and sissy queer and tranny and fag. But just because those people think I am one of those does not make me that way. Even the n word is demeaning and I don't use it either I also usually don't even use curse words or slang. I don't try to offend anyone, people are all I have, I don't have a lot of money, so why offend my only resource.
If you want to use those words go ahead, I can't stop you. But if you don't use them maybe they will go away. Call me a fem-male or fe-male that will make me smile. Don't people like to be happy and laugh. There is plenty of time for crying when people leave us. I'm sorry if I am getting off topic or too sincere I am just that way. A little girly maybe T girly(smile).
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Depends on the context it is used in.
It's a lazy way to shorten the term "transmission" that falls in the same sort of "I can't say an extra syllable or two" stupidity as "mag" for "magazine" or "fab" for "fabulous."
...or am I missing the point?
Like a lot of words used these days in the politically correct world. In context and a casual atmosphere among friends it can pass, but used in anger and criticism it is a different story. I once engaged in a conversation with some Black Americans about the evolution of various terms and denigrations used towards them. It was an informative discussion and helped me to understand a lot, but if you were standing outside that circle of conversation you moved away waiting for something bad to happen.
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Hi,
I dont use the word or the term that its used for, not used by myself or pointed at other people
I see people, the term if its used only means a very small part of what a person is about , or relates to.
For my self it has no meaning because im not refered to as one manly because im intersexed, or androgyny, & if some wont to use that word thats okay , i prefer to use thier own name as youd call me by mine noeleena.....
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I've used it with affection and hate even when applying it to myself. As with most words, context is everything. I do not like its use by the (non-trans) public, as it's always meant pejoratively.
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That was going to be my response.
And the word "tranny" can mean a transvestite or a transexual. Two different types of people.
In some circles, "tranny" is short for the gearbox in your car or boat. You have to keep context in mind.
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