Quote Originally Posted by kendra_gurl View Post
There is and always will be differences between just Crossdressers and those who are transgendered. Now throw GG's and Lesbians into the mix and there is no way for everyone to ever get on the same page with an issue like this.

Reine used the analogy earlier of the term N..word. That is classic of how some people can use it while others cannot. Even Barbara Walters got critizied for even trying to discuss that word with her fellow View cast.

Its time this one rest in peace
Just to put in my two cents: I think the N word in use by African Americans is a case of the appropriation of that which is meant to offend by those who against whom the offense is meant. For example, the gay community appropriating the word "queer" or "fag". It takes away the word's effectiveness by those outside the community and renders it socially unacceptable by the larger society.

An interesting case is something I read about a black musician in one of the Carolinas. For whatever reason, one night while on stage, he started singing the song "Dixie". From then on, he made it a regular piece in his set. I don't remember reading that he experienced anything adverse about it...and he was playing for mostly white audiences in the South.