Did You See Sunday Episode of “I am Cait?”

There was a heated discussion over the word “T****y” between Jenny Boylan and Kate Bornstein and in Gawker there is an article about the discussion.

The Politics of "Tranny," Debated By Trans People on I Am Cait
By Rich Juzwiak
March 14, 2016

On last night’s I Am Cait, a spirited debate between trans people over the social acceptability of the word “tranny” erupted while Caitlyn Jenner lounged idly in the background. Her hanging back was probably for the best as she allowed two very smart people—writers Jenny Boylan and Kate Bornstein—with very different relationships to a word that many consider to be derogatory to hash it out.

On the pro-“tranny” side was Bornstein who uses the word as a self-identifier, and who says its origins are based in the trans community. “We developed the word ‘tranny’ ourselves,” says Bornstein. Regarding “tranny” being used as a slur by cis people, Bornstein says, “Our word got stolen.”

Boylan is anti-“tranny.” “For me, it’s like saying the F-word to a gay man, or the N-word to a person of color. It’s a word I associate with beatings, being diminished, being on the receiving end of violence,” she said before sharing that she’s been bashed more than once. She elaborated that a man called her “tranny” and other slurs before dragging her around by her neck for a half an hour.

For me I don’t use the word because I know that some trans people do not like the word because of the way it is used outside of the community. Many time it is used as a derogatory comment or it is used in the porn trade. So when I do cultural competency training I say that it is insulting when it is used outside the community.

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