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<blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 7124618" data-attributes="member: 82779">As a member of the LGBQT community, I don't personally find the term &quot;hermaphrodite&quot; offensive.&nbsp; However, I'm not intersexed.&nbsp; If I knew someone who was intersexed and who found it offensive, I would certainly refrain from using it around them, or when referring to them.I do have a friend who is transgendered, and she doesn't find the term &quot;tranny&quot; offensive, but she's also told me (for her at least) it's a matter of usage and inflection, and that you can pretty easily tell when someone is using it in an insulting or pejorative manner, and when they are using it in a friendly or neutral manner.&nbsp; And she's generally right about that.&nbsp; I have a friend who often calls me a word which can be used to describe a female dog.&nbsp; There is no malice at all in her voice and in the context of her speech when she says it, and it doesn't feel like an insult when she says it, and I don't mind her calling me that.&nbsp; But, that doesn't mean I'll be happy, complacent, or otherwise lackadaisical about it if anyone else uses that word to try to insult or degrade me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MechaPilot, post: 7124618, member: 82779"] As a member of the LGBQT community, I don't personally find the term "hermaphrodite" offensive. However, I'm not intersexed. If I knew someone who was intersexed and who found it offensive, I would certainly refrain from using it around them, or when referring to them. I do have a friend who is transgendered, and she doesn't find the term "tranny" offensive, but she's also told me (for her at least) it's a matter of usage and inflection, and that you can pretty easily tell when someone is using it in an insulting or pejorative manner, and when they are using it in a friendly or neutral manner. And she's generally right about that. I have a friend who often calls me a word which can be used to describe a female dog. There is no malice at all in her voice and in the context of her speech when she says it, and it doesn't feel like an insult when she says it, and I don't mind her calling me that. But, that doesn't mean I'll be happy, complacent, or otherwise lackadaisical about it if anyone else uses that word to try to insult or degrade me. [/QUOTE]

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