tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post3517674755553185230..comments2024-02-26T02:02:51.364-05:00Comments on Queers United: Word of the Gay: "Shemale"Queers Unitedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074493276489593816noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post-40486346495743139192008-08-19T10:49:00.000-04:002008-08-19T10:49:00.000-04:00Lea - I think it depends on the context, if a tran...Lea - I think it depends on the context, if a trans person or ally says it, it is prob not violent but if a trans-basher says it than it is.Queers Unitedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074493276489593816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post-88171444386726334402008-08-19T10:22:00.000-04:002008-08-19T10:22:00.000-04:00I can't look at that amount of violence and call i...I can't look at that amount of violence and call it anything but hatred.Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031483782907671332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post-77943799895601703792008-08-17T08:21:00.000-04:002008-08-17T08:21:00.000-04:00Lea - I don't know if I would use the word "hate" ...Lea - I don't know if I would use the word "hate" but certainly most people don't understood and hold ill conceived notions and ideas about trans people.Queers Unitedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074493276489593816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post-50148833457947116142008-08-17T05:25:00.000-04:002008-08-17T05:25:00.000-04:00It is obvious to me that most people, including mo...It is obvious to me that most people, including most intersex people, still hate transgender people.Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031483782907671332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post-12387413889792592852008-08-15T12:05:00.000-04:002008-08-15T12:05:00.000-04:00I felt pissed when someone in society, puts me an ...I felt pissed when someone in society, puts me an intersex person in the same category as with the transgender. It's well obvious that society still confuses intersex with transgender and it's more obvious that people still think that intersex and transgender are the same thingNickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15318590507921043958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post-63692825960310248082008-08-15T09:34:00.000-04:002008-08-15T09:34:00.000-04:00I understand, I feel the word shemale is still off...I understand, I feel the word shemale is still offensive to trans and intersex folks. I don't like the word nor do I use it. I guess time will tell if it makes a comeback like the words "queer" "dyke" and "tranny"Queers Unitedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074493276489593816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post-74434502713448873082008-08-15T00:54:00.000-04:002008-08-15T00:54:00.000-04:00I felt pissed because someone accused me, an inter...I felt pissed because someone accused me, an intersex person of being a shemale when I am not even one of them. I felt more pissed because someone thought that intersex had something in common with being transgender and equate the two.Nickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15318590507921043958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post-16821960866328733132008-08-14T12:39:00.000-04:002008-08-14T12:39:00.000-04:00How did you feel when called a Shemale Nick? Do y...How did you feel when called a Shemale Nick? Do you find it insulting, empowering, just another word?Queers Unitedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074493276489593816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post-26696611775597673582008-08-14T11:27:00.000-04:002008-08-14T11:27:00.000-04:00It's very rare and the only time I have ever heard...It's very rare and the only time I have ever heard it when someone confused me with a shemale and a transgender. They didn't know I am intersex.Nickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15318590507921043958noreply@blogger.com