Always remember that they are the ones with the problem, not you. There are millions of people like you, no matter what group of people you're from, and there are millions more who love you for who you are. Society has progressed greatly, and as long as you are protected lawfully and treated fairly, there's nothing anybody can say that'll ever demean you as a person.

People can say what they want. If I were to sit next to you now and keep saying "hello, hello" you would take no offense. Use that feeling against words that are supposed to be offensive. Hateful, disgusting, ignorant ****s walk among us with empty guns and too few people are often willing to give people the ammunition to hurt them. It ends when you say it does.

Generally agree with what he said. Queen

I totally agree.

Ru is awesome.

Y'all ain't right.

I agree with Ru here, bring she mail back It was harmless

I don't think that's the point of what Rupaul was saying.
The point is, there's some real and serious problems transgendered people face: getting jobs, societal acceptance, etc, that go beyond the little words people on Tumblr love to bash and scream about.

The civil rights movement wasn't built on black people saying "stop using the N word!"--it was built on people demanding equal treatment.
The gay rights movement didn't succeed because people said "stop calling me a ******!"--it succeeded because people found a right that was denied to them, and fought tooth and nail to get that right, and in the process won the hearts of the country too.

The people that actually use the N word, the F word, the B word in an insulting way are never going to actually listen to you and will laugh at you when you cry about how much it hurts you.
The people that use the words in a joking context, as a way of expressing friendship, familiarity, etc, shouldn't be penalized/punished into censoring themselves simply because the people you actually want to target won't listen to you.

I'm so glad Rupaul spoke up.

sleigh Ru