In the past week, respected drag performer Lady Bunny weighed in on a topic that seems to still be ongoing in social media. It’s terminology still; it’s over their perception that trans women are trying to ban use of terms such as “tranny” and “shemale.” “Tranny is an abbreviation for transvestite and transsexual, so I’m…
I would never refer to African Americans by the terms “colored” or “negro” even though Martin Luther King Jr. used those terms frequently. Times have changed, and the terms we use for the African American community and its members have changed. Many, if not most, African Americans now consider those terms to be offensive, although…
In her column last week in San Diego LGBT Weekly (issue 113, Feb. 14) Ms. Autumn Sandeen went off on RuPaul and others for using the word “tranny.” Ms. Sandeen even actually attacked RuPaul as “trans-negative” and that the word “tranny” was offensive. To whom, Ms. Sandeen? The facts are that our GLBT community uses…
I want to love RuPaul as a drag performer for his trans-positive actions, yet I find I can’t because of his trans-negative statements. I can’t quite reconcile my mixed feelings about him. RuPaul’s Drag Race (on Logo’s basic cable channel) has had three transgender contestants on it. Two of those contestants came out as trans…
Late night comedian Conan O’Brien apologized Tuesday after his so-called joke against transgender people turned decidedly sour. During the June 12 edition of the “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” show’s week in Chicago, O’Brien noted that one of the city’s nicknames is “the City of the Big Shoulders,” then quipped that that name “…was better…
RuPaul has some explaining to do after the self-named reality show star said he loved the word “tranny” in defense of Lance Bass’s apology after using the offensive word on a daytime talk show. The infamous drag queen was interviewed at SiriusXM OutQ and HuffPost Gay Voices, starting off the season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race”…
After his appearance on Regis and Kelly, How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris has apologized to his fans and the transgender population for using the word ‘tranny’ to describe his voice. A bit on the show had Ripa and Harris try sulfur hexachloride – which, unlike helium, creates a low-pitched voice. Harris…
