I note lately that on several occasions, people have stated they find the term ''TRANNY'' derogatory and offensive.

What! those people that have muted that point, DUH they Have joined a site called TRANNY WEB, they use the Tranny forums, visit the tranny picture galleries, talk away in the tranny chat room. We were all tranny's before we had any conception of what the term transexual meant.
Get a life, king grow up, Stop nit picking, enjoy. Those that think perhaps they are so advanced and superior
should start their own site, perhaps split in two,
Transexuals RUS PREOP & Transexuals RUS POST OP.(head up their own arses Ltd.)
Then see where they get their support and freindship.
Otherwise just accept, we are all in the same boat and stop being so pedantic and bombastic.

Addendum, also include puerile and infantile.

I have to agree Cristine.

For the record, the term "Tranny" is not derogatory in any way. It is simply a diminutive of the words transgender, transsexual and transvestite - a term of endearment even.

If I had thought for one moment back in 1999 that the word tranny was a bad word, then I would never have used it in the name of our community.

People spreading the idea that tranny is somehow offensive is the real danger here, because if enough silly people say it is offensive, then it will be. Like a self-fulfilling prophesy.

So please tell the folks who told you Cristine, that Tranny is a lovely, friendly and even gorgeous term and they are wrong!

Hugs,

Katie x

Well how about we start a camapign to make the word tranny acceptable everywhere and not offensive in any way?

If we laugh at people who think it's offensive maybe they'll get the message.

Let's tell everyone - Tranny is a positive term for people who have a gift.

Hugs,

Katie x

Lets just see, how many feel strongly enough about the topic to make a comment. Peronally I think the term tranny
signifies a sense of humour and compassion, Which I much prefer to Geezer bird which some of my old school
contempories still refer to me as.

Koala, think you missed the point, no one is trying to stick labels on anyone, the point was raised to people that take exception in a petty way, of course everyones wishes in the form they are reffered to should be repected.
Incidentally I was diagnosed with Reifensteins syndrome, but there is no getting away from the fact, I am still a transexual, iregarless of how I feel or look

I'm not sure if this is where this thread originated but one of our male members who has only been with us for two days cancelled his membership today and the reason he gave was that he thinks our site has a stupid name.

This is the first time I remember people telling me that the word tranny is offensive. Of course if he was the person that Cristine was referring to then it all stems back to him. However, if Cristine heard the same stuff from other members then maybe there are moves afoot in TG circles, to outlaw the word tranny by making it a derogatory term.

I hope that's not the case because we have spent considerable time (nine years) and effort and money too, building our brand and trademarking it.

There is no way that we are going to change the name of our community just because a few people are confused about the meaning of it.

So, my campaign goes on - let's march on Parliament and the White House. Let's lobby our MP's and Congressmen.

Hugs,

Katie x

Awe what did a male member think Trannyweb stood for,
did he come on with the what you wearing, wanna meet, have a shag and get rebuffed. I don't apologise for raising this thread, It was mentioned by a couple of ''supossedly pre op transexuals'' got to the point in their lives, suddenly concluding the term tranny only reffered to transvestites and now they consider themselves above the term. Trust me to be objective controversial and downright
awkward in raising such a sensative subject.

I was having a dig at the peole who mistakenly think they are better than those, who for whatever reason, cannot go the whole way. I'm there, happy and contented, but not deluded and still have an empathy for your downtrodden
tranny ''Transvestite', Which lets face it also takes a lot of courage and loyalty to commitments they may have made,
choosing a life perhaps they would wish to change, denying themselves total fullfilment and enduring happiness for the sake of others. Or denied the same due to prohibitive costs, whatever. God bless the Tranny's one and all, Trannyweb and all who sail in her.'

AND whichever way you look at it, if you were born a male and have had GRS or living permantly as a female, you ARE
TRANSGENDERED by definition,

Oh and the ideas of some thinking they are superior to others, probably refering to others as trannys but do not like being termed trannys themselves because they think its offensive and derogatory because they have reached a point in their lives of assumed elevated status. Stop the thread if you want it stopped, but dare you to let the comments and responses already made stand.

Well I don't like the term "wibble" and I'm not going to take it anymore! LOL!

Sorry but I think the girls are right. While I appreciate Cristine's intentions in posting this thread in the first place, it is one of those that we have seen many, many times before - the kind which is most likely to turn into a blood bath and it is already starting to get quite heated.

So, let's close it here and I will leave it up as a read only thread for the world to enjoy in the months and years to come, so if anyone else should start the same thing again, we can close it and refer them back to this one.

Hugs,

Katie x

What I was trying to say was within our community the word Tranny is an all inclusive word, Transsexual, Transgendered, Transvestite, like a family name, friendly, empathetic  not intended to be offensive, insulting or derogatory.    Not the word as used outside the community which generally does include words, like pervert, queer etc.