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[โ€“] xilliah@beehaw.org 9 points 1 day ago (9 children)

As a lesbian trans person I like the words dyke and tranny, but only use it for myself. They're funny and cute. I was honestly surprised to learn that people are so deeply against the words.

[โ€“] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

They're funny and cute.

I agree, I was disappointed when I found out that the tr word is a slur, but that's just how it goes, you can't control people's perspective on words. The best that we can do is avoid them.

[โ€“] xilliah@beehaw.org 1 points 14 hours ago

Yeah that's right, I just use it with my friends now. Before I figured out that it was such a big deal to people I actually was considering using it for my website!

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