All good here. A tranny / ts listed in an appropriate section causes me no issue, and none to the SPs themselves or their customers. That's why I would argue that such trade is clearly thus confined. The scope for issue lies in the interchangeability of pronouns to mean (from my and your perspective) precisely the opposite of what society at large has understood them to mean for the longest time. Since the preference for the conceit ( I use this non-perjoratively) of calling a man a girl, lies with a small minority - and since most people do seem inclined to let them get on with it, least inconvenience to all will be caused if they accept the general convention and limit the preference to their own circles - and not make it a matter of trans abuse if others outside this group feel disinclined to join in.
On consequences; some are listed directly here: https://www.ukpunting.com/index.php?topic=254707.msg2612826#msg2612826 - and others are inferable from those points.
In a bizarre coincidence we've actually cross-referenced each other's posts on different threads!
I'm glad this has happened, and I'm glad we're having a grown-up debate about this. And Slamboy, if you're reading this, that's cool
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I'll answer all that with no big words, very simply and clearly: this is a punting site, we all have our preferences, but ultimately the punter's opinion counts. Different punters have different opinions.
Some punters like to call TSs 'girls'. Some like to call them 'men'.
In a clearly labelled review of a TS, most (if not all) of the contributors will refer to the TS as 'she'. If someone who isn't into TSs chooses to look at that review they have no
legitmate business posting to say they think TSs are men.
In a thread about TSs which is of general interest to both 'sides' then both sides will use their preferred terminology. But no one side is inherently 'right', EVERYONE is right because they are all punters. And everyone should accept the other's point of view.
If some posters choose to keep 'making their point' (when it has nothing to do with the thread topic as such) then that's pretty well trolling.
In terms of this specific thread it's probably valid to introduce the point, because the WG's AW profile has stated 'female' when she is infact TS. Although I think most people can agree that she's not trying to mislead, merely to present herself in a certain way, and probably to attract a particular type of punter (perhaps TS-newbie?)
There's really no reason for any friction, unless some people choose to purposely introduce it.
