This is apparently the year of the "Politically Correct". One has to tread on egg shells to avoid offending someone. I offended a member the other day with a word and she felt compelled to tell us all about it.
I don't use the term "gurl" personally but I'm not going to get upset enough about it to make a scene. I think the term"crossdresser" works as well or better and my computer's dictionary doesn't flag it as misspelled.