Courtney Act is not comparing the word 'tranny' to the n-word though..... please tell me she isn't.

The thing is here, Ru never used 'tranny' in a malicious or derrogatory term so idk why everyone's so up in arms as a matter of fact nobody cared that it was 'she mail' or what have you 'till Carmen became a transgendered female and suddenly chose THAT issue of all the homophobic, transphobic people in the world to nit pick and that annoyed people.

Originally posted by Lexiel Gay people shouldn't be telling transgendered people to 'shut the **** up', to 'toughen up' or 'deal with it', because it's not a slurr for us, it's for them. How can a straight person tell US that the F word is not a slang, that we need to deal with it and move on when they're not affected by it? It's the same thing. Ru is an old crow and he needs to deal with the fact that there's a community that's being hurt by this word and as he's said himself, words have MEANING and an emotional charge to them when they've been used historically with negative intent. Looking at the responses in this thread and the general outcry from the 'fans', the T in the LGBT is not an equal member of the community as we thought in the general subconscious, which is appaling considering WE as a community should understand hate and prejudice more than anyone, but alas, personally most of the hateful, shallow and vindictive people I'VE personally met are gays.

Originally posted by Aciid But that's not what the issue is. The problem is him using the word Tranny, and this word does not only equal to people who identify as a transsexual, it can also apply to a transvestite. And you know, he is one. He never used the word in a derogatory way or even to refer to someone from the trans community. (that I know of).