I am a Transgender Woman. And my personal opinion is that the word “Tranny” doesn’t bother me. What does bother me is being advertised as a sex object. With words such as “shemale”, “ladyboy”, or “chickboy”, etc. I am NOT male or a boy. I would rather hear/see “Tranny” over those words any day because at least it doesn’t literally imply I’m male in anyway. It says that I’m transitioning. Which is a fact.
If we are talking most appropriate I would call myself “Transgender”. I am a Transgender Woman. I wouldn’t say “Transexual” as of yet because I haven’t reached the point I am satisfied with my transitioning. I am happy and I know that I am beautiful… that comes with self-esteem and confidence. I know one day I’ll reach my destination.
Other terms/things that bother me is when someone puts me in the same category as a “Transvestite” or “Crossdresser”. Being a Woman is not something I do part-time or just for fun, THIS IS WHO I AM. I am NOT a man wearing women’s clothes. I am a woman wearing whatever I want. Also to say what I do is a facade is to imply that I’m fake and this is only part time or pretend when again this is my life something I do 100% of the time. I’m a Women. To say to me that I’m not a “GG” meaning “Genuine Girl” a person again is saying to me or any other Transgender Woman that we aren’t “real” girls. If “GG” is used as “Genetic Girl” my brain is still wired female so that’s genetics. So I still don’t approve of the usage of “GG”. All of these terms, Transvestite, Crossdresser, GG, and facade say to a Transgender person you aren’t real and this is just for fun and for a show. I find this rude and quite discriminatory.
I agree that “homophobic” is not the best choice of words for Trans-fear. “Transphobic” makes more sense. Some aren’t afraid of them all some are just afraid of one or the other. I would think if a person was accepting of one type of LGBTQ then they would accept and try to understand every aspect of the “rainbow”. But they don’t always do that, sadly. Some people are even “Biphobic”. I’m Transgender and Bisexual I know.
I hope this helps… good luck on being “politically correct” I guess you’d say. More like being respectful.
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