@Apricot not entirely true. Many people aren't diagnosed with "GID" because of the whole gatekeeper funny business. Plus, many people do have, and want to identify with the word "trans." Not everybody considers it a condition, not everybody wants or needs "treatment."

Quote from: pixiegirl on February 18, 2011, 09:58:11 PM
Yeah... this would be an interesting discussion to have if it wasn't 95% destined to devolve into a slanging match over transsexual/transgender. Good luck though.

Hehe, my thoughts exactly.

It's been 9 years since I started figuring out this whole TS mess within myself and joined the community; in that time I've seen so many names come, go, be created and offend people...... it's all bunk.

About every 5 years a new generation of trans people shows up and decides they don't like the current terminology and try to come up with something better; and if one thing is consistent, it's that no one can agree on anything!

Be that as it may........ I usually just go with guy or girl if either of those are met by O_o I'll break out MtF, FtM and GG because they've all been around for eons. I don't really care much either way what I'm called, if it's not said in a negative connotation I'm fine with it.... I've got far more important things to worry about.

~Sara

I don't mind the terms, as long as people use them correctly and don't use them too much.

For example when people say stuff like "He's FtM" or "He's a transman". I'm like "No.. I'm a boy. Get it right." Or when people have to point out I'm transgender at every little thing.

That's a pet peeve.