Listener: Don't Call Me Transgender

[Natasha]

Listener: Don't Call Me Transgender

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/01/135042281/listener-dont-call-me-transgender
4/1/11

As a transsexual-identified woman, I find the use of the words transgender, ->-bleeped-<-, gender nonconforming and gender variance highly offensive when applied to me. These are LGBT community buzzwords that should only be applied to their community, not to transsexuals that live outside of it or that aren't trying to break gender norms. The LGBT community efforts to push this word to include all transsexuals is shameful.