I hear so many use this term though. It may not be politically correct but she meant no harm by it, and many use it. I don't since my best friend is going through transition so I am personally educated on the matter.
Oh and have some respect and call her by her real name. Her momma loves her and named her Gabourey!
A lot of people don't realize "tranny" is a slur. ATRL should censor it tbh. The transgender community gets lashings from every other community and it goes unnoticed.
If its so offensive why do gay people use it as an identifier as well? RuPaul has a song called Tranny Chaser and they most certainly use the term on the show all the time, no one seems offended. No one really knows that slur is even considered offensive because people have such a hard time keeping up with what is socially acceptable these days.
I thought she was gonna say the f word or something I don't like the term tranny but honestly I think a majority of people that say it don't even realize it's thought of in a negative light, it's not like there's a lot of transgender role models out there to let people know saying tranny isn't ok.
If its so offensive why do gay people use it as an identifier as well? RuPaul has a song called Tranny Chaser and they most certainly use the term on the show all the time, no one seems offended.
Just because it's commonly used, doesn't make it not offensive. Basically similar to the n-word.