A New Term for Transgender - Any Ideas?

[Arch]

So instead of "I am trans," one would say, "I am nova." Or maybe "I've gone nova." LOL.

[Dianna]

Arch, that is the best one  have heard here yet .    NOVA !!

Lets have a Poll and get this thing sorted.

[ativan]

So instead of "I am trans," one would say, "I am nova." Or maybe "I've gone nova." LOL.

LOL 

And the legendary 'Super Nova'? (couldn't resist)

Poll time, why not. Start it up there Dianna!

[Dianna]

I better leave the poll up to Julie Marie, she's been leading this thread. 

[Miniar]

The term Gay for homosexual never became a "bad" word, at least in US.

Er, people have used the term "gay" as an insult, as a threat, and to describe things that are "stupid" or pointless or generally disliked.

And it has, if anything, become more common.

Have you never heard people go "That's so gay!" and refer to things that are stupid/ridiculous?
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Nova

That's a cellphone company up here ya know?

[cynthialee]

I drove a Nova for awhile. Not the best car I ever had.

[ativan]

That's a cellphone company up here ya know?

There's a trans cellphone company up there? Very progressive.

[Miniar]

There's a trans cellphone company up there? Very progressive.

you have no idea!

[Julie Marie]

I better leave the poll up to Julie Marie, she's been leading this thread. 

"Nova" seems to have a positive reception.  The car is gone and probably forgotten in most people's minds.  The cellphone company isn't well known outside of Iceland.

As far as the poll, let's see - from memory - we have Nova, Halcyon, Gappy, Trans, Tranquil.  What have I missed?

[ativan]

Is Ataraxid out? I missed Gappy. Seems there were a couple more? Nova is kinda hanging in there for me.

[Constance]

The car is gone and probably forgotten in most people's minds.[/color][/font]

I don't want to talk about my old Chevy Nova. As in "no va." Like, "It won't go."

[Arch]

I don't want to talk about my old Chevy Nova. As in "no va." Like, "It won't go."

That's why the car didn't sell in countries where Spanish was the national tongue...

My family had a horse named Nova. The Spanish stable hands thought that was too funny.

[LordKAT]

That's why the car didn't sell in countries where Spanish was the national tongue...

also known as an urban myth.

[Constance]

also known as an urban myth.

Yeah, but it's still funny.

[Arch]

also known as an urban myth.

Actually, my father once told me that the car wasn't even called a Nova in Spanish-speaking countries. I don't know if that's true.

But I do remember how much the senores laughed when they were herding the horses out to pasture and calling, "Nooooo-vaaaaaaaa!" Especially funny since Nova had apparently set a record in barrel-racing in our little community long before my family owned him.

[LordKAT]

yes still funny and caribe as an alternate name is still part of the myth

[Arch]

yes still funny and caribe as an alternate name is still part of the myth

Wow, I didn't even know about that one...El Caribe is one of the two hotels we stayed in before we got permanent housing...and then we bought a horse and called him Nova. I wonder if it was my father's idea.

Anyway...are people serious about coming up with a new name for transgender? Because I don't think it will ever come off. But it's fun to play with ideas.

[ativan]

Anyway...are people serious about coming up with a new name for transgender? Because I don't think it will ever come off. But it's fun to play with ideas.

Well, it would be pretty wild if something really came from it. I do think it has been fun to throw some stuff out there. Maybe a new thread that states something to that effect? A just for fun?
I think if people took it as that, it would be fun.

[cynthialee]

I have been thinking the last few hours that maybe we are trying to include too many people under one umbrela.
We have some groups that are similar enough to lump togather but other groups that only have a marginal conection to eachother.
Maybe accepting that we all do not fit into a single definable word is the key.

[Julie Marie]

The only reason it wouldn't happen is if it loses momentum.  Watch how the Traditional Values Coalition runs with the "Dirty 30" campaign.  They came up with something that would appeal to their supporters, had the titillating word, "dirty" in it and rhymed it to a number, even though they define it as "30+".  They will continue their campaign and the term will catch on.

It's a tried and true method.  No reason we can't do the same.  With limited funds, it might take longer but if we waged a campaign and persisted, it will catch on, much to the chagrin of the "Dirty 30" crowd.