Q Of The Day: Should I Be So Offended By The Term ->-bleeped-<-?
by: Autumn Sandeen
Fri Jan 02, 2009 at 03:15:00 AM EST
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If I, as a trans woman, did a parody song that talked about all the ->-bleeped-<-gy men, would that be acceptable? Is it okay for trans people to use variants of the term ->-bleeped-<- in conversation the way some gay men do with that term with each other, some trans people use the term ->-bleeped-<- with each other, or some African-Americans use the n-word with each other, etc.?
Well, I'm finding gay men don't seem to have a problem using the term ->-bleeped-<- in their speech. Specifically, what's brought this up again for me is Jonny McGovern (a performer who goes by the moniker the Gay Pimp) recently using the term ->-bleeped-<- in a parody piece entitled ->-bleeped-<- Ladies (Put Some More Duct Tape on it).
My advice, go ahead and be offended. Feel so offended, that you're offended for all of us who are not offended. Like there is nothing funny about you?