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.
This.
I've heard Tranny used a lot in the LGBT community, with no harm intended.
I don't think there's a general consensus that it's even offensive.
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.
Gays also call each other f*ggots and blacks call each other n*ggers, that doesn't mean everyone has the right to casually call us that.
I'm gay, and I didn't even know tranny was considered derogatory.
I use it when I forget the difference between transgendered, or transexual. It's a term that's used all the time, and it doesn't even stem from a negative place like the n-word does, since some people wanna compare it to that.