I kind of love it that we've largely been able to reclaim the word "tranny" because in practice it just sounds like a cutesy Australian word for "trans woman"

@YKantRachelRead

Appalled at the folks who didn't get the memo. Is this a respectability thing, like when I got reported for it or for the Spanish equivalent, travesti?

@angelastella @YKantRachelRead i think so , yeah . oh well , they'll realize eventually that we're never going to be respectable under the extant systems so it really doesnt matter anyway ^-^

@ikeWren @YKantRachelRead

And in the meantime they will harm us. Whatever. My policy is strict separatism.

@YKantRachelRead Has that word been reclaimed? Because when I hear it, it still makes me feel sick.

@hannahzone @YKantRachelRead yeah, agreed. There's a lot of us who grew up with that slur who have not reclaimed it. I hate it.

@therivercrow @hannahzone of course. slurs aren't reclaimed for everyone, and they likely never will be, which is why I use the "reclaimed slur" CW.