Shemales or Transsexuals

[transjen]

Lets get somethings straight first off shemale is a term or label invented by the porn industry guess they figured it was classier to call em shemales instead of chicks with dicks

Now transsexual was a term/label invented by doctors to describe any person who is born one gender and wants to change to the other gender

Now then i've never liked the term shemale mostly due to the porn connection so i feel more at ease with the term transsexual plus add in that i've had SRS so there is nothing male about me so the term shemale doesn't even apply anylonger
Keep in mind this is just my personal take on the issue
Jerseygirl Jen

[Kitten]

As long as someone treats me with dignity and respect, then it doesn't matter what word they use. I am what I am, a girl with a penis, and there are many different names for that. Just as long as you don't call me a guy!

If I am close to a person though, I would expect them to be a little more aware of appropriate and respectful language.

[ladyboylover18]

Originally Posted by ThirdEyeGirl

I'm a non-op transsexual woman. Meaning I'm ALL woman, who happened to be born in a male body.
And the reasoning why I'm "non-op", is because I don't have a problem with my penis. The other reason is because I don't particularly like the idea of using surgery to manipulate what you were born with. I mean I'm barly considering FFS (Facial Feminization Surgery).
Now the reason why I hate to be refereed to as a 'shemale' or 'ladyboy'. Is because most people who use those terms (that I've encountered at least), think of transsexual women as just MEN who looks like women. Inferring that us ts girls think just like men do. When in fact we (transsexual women) never did. Even when we were ruled by testosterone.
Transsexual women are just that. Women! And we should always be treated as such.






Wendy is very accurate with her depiction of terms with in the transgender community.

But just to add another descriptor. Ladyboy is literally translated from the thai word kathoey. Witch in Thailand, is the way that they refer to trans women who have yet to have had SRS, or sexy change. And further more, the Thai people don't have a word for post-op transsexual women. They are now 100% women.

But just like Wendy has stated.

Good rule of thumb: let the person who are talking with self-identify and refer to them with the terminology they use.[/QUOTE]
So if you are not sure what you should call that person. Just ask them, and find out. [/QUOTE]
u have a good point

[JodieTs]

I think the Ts performer who gave the original poster shit,
is an idiot!
She objectifies her body as a sexual fantasy plaything.
Then bitches about the terminology which describes
the very same thing!
Oh, and it was her that used the term "Shemale", not the OP.
Lady has 'issues'

I call myself a shemale in escort and porn scenarios
as I objectify my body to earn Coin.

In sex work it's a job description, not a statement about the person, their validity or existence.

Outside work I'd be highly offended.
But as no one knows I'm Ts, that's not really likely....

Originally Posted by JodieTs

I think the Ts performer who gave the original poster shit,
is an idiot!
She objectifies her body as a sexual fantasy plaything.
Then bitches about the terminology which describes
the very same thing!
Oh, and it was her that used the term "Shemale", not the OP.
Lady has 'issues'

I call myself a shemale in escort and porn scenarios
as I objectify my body to earn Coin.

In sex work it's a job description, not a statement about the person, their validity or existence.

Outside work I'd be highly offended.
But as no one knows I'm Ts, that's not really likely....

It's highly possible that the ts performer did call herself a shemale, but it's not a guarantee. Cause I never refer to myself as one, ever. Even when I'm naked on cam.

Most people are acquainted with t-ladies through porn, where the vocable "shemale" is omnipresent. We don't know much about the particular situation we all refer to, here, and God only knows what exactly was said and what precisely happened. But if anyone uses indeed this word, he should receive full explanations on the topic. The OP is at least commendable in what he tried to get a bit more of infos. The word in itself is an ugly hybrid which brought anything but a woman to the imagination. If you want to make a buck, yeap, it's surely the best way to present yourself indeed, lady Jodie, as everybody in porn has to be intrigued by such a concept.
But as you both just said, ladies, i can't think of it as being innocent for anything else.