One day I will just not need to say it, that day fast aproacheth, yay verily!

I don't like it, I think it's an ugly word honestly. Not because of what it means, it just sounds bad.

A funny thing is that in skateboarding we use the word all the time, and it has nothing to do with trans folk. It's short for "transition," meaning the transition from horizontal to vertical, as in the transitions inside a ramp or a bowl.

As in, "this pool has super tight ->-bleeped-<-." (yep)
Or, "Crack an ollie up on the pillar, and catch it high in the ->-bleeped-<-."

Due to the awkwardness of it all, I only say "transition" these days. And my local renegade skatepark is filled with graffiti of "->-bleeped-<-" puns. It's kind of embarassing...

Well, I live in Brazil, and I think the closest word here would be "traveco", wich is a very offensive way to refer to ->-bleeped-<-s.

" ->-bleeped-<-" means nothing to me actually, but I don't think I would like being called that. Sounds offensive.

I don't really like it to be honest, since I've had that word used to insult me
but if anyone wants to reclaim it then that's their choice *shrugs*

I don't like it, and don't think it is an appropriate word to use ever.  I have made some trans advocates mad because I told them so.  It demeans all of us.  It cannot be rehabilitated. 

Quote from: Oliviah on October 23, 2015, 02:02:56 PM
I don't like it, and don't think it is an appropriate word to use ever.  I have made some trans advocates mad because I told them so.  It demeans all of us.  It cannot be rehabilitated.

It demeans all of us because people let it, that's the point! Without the connotations and emotional response that we attach to it, it's just a collection of letters like any other.

It can be rehabilitated, but only when it's not seen as a negative thing by the trans community....by being offended when someone uses it as a slur we give it the power to demean; if we're not offended, or if we can get to a point where it's used within the community in a positive light, then it loses all it's offensive power.

If someone calls me it I don't take offense; I agree with them, mention their perceived gender to them, then ask them why they felt the need to point it out:

"Yes, I'm trans, I can see you're a man, why did you feel the need to shout that at me?"

ALWAYS takes the wind out of their sails and reduces the chance they'll use it in a derogatory way again. If I'd have been offended, reacted emotionally or they'd got a rise out of me then it gives it more power in their head, and the heads of the people who see the interaction, to put someone down they don't understand in the futre, which adds to the problem in general.

Some words cannot be rehabilitated.   That word, The N word, and a few others are simply to entrenched has hate speech.  These words should not be used by any serious person.  Just like serious people don't use the N word.  Sure maybe flava flave used the N word, but I contend that any trans who uses the T word is just as silly looking and not serious.

Quote from: Hyperduck_23 on October 22, 2015, 02:35:14 PM
Which is exactly what has happened with the 'N' word and sort of with 'queer', though that's been re-purposed somewhat at the same time.

Go into a black neighborhood slinging that n word around and you'll find out quickly how unreclaimed that word is.

The T word we are speaking of is the same because it's used for the same purpose.  That is to dehumanize and mark someone as "an other".


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