it would be more appropriate to use the term transgender rather than transsexual....
Or in a broader term to cover more of it with less confusion, and not having to be forced to identify or guess each individuals personal & specific tastes, or feelings that day... just "Trans"... but not to be confused with the rude term or used by the uninformed or outsiders, "Tranny".
Then we would have four classes of photos: (1) males wearing clothes traditionally associated with females, (2) genetic males who identify as female, (3) genetic females who look like males dressed as females, and (4) Photoshops, whether by putting male heads on female bodies, or (as I have sometimes seen) smoothing out a pair of shorts into a skirt or making a similar alteration in a photo of a male.
There are quite a few where they hand-drawn ruffles to the collar or trim to a male's clothing, drew in some bows, or literally gave a girl a haircut in a photo by airbrushing out some of their hair, so they appear male. Painting pigtails, ruffles, eyelashes, lipstick, & earrings on a male photo is quite common. I've done all of the above to a few pictures circulating around over the years, rather than pasting heads on another body, or pasting a dress on someone. It looks more realistic.
Oh, and P.S., it's "Robyn Jodie," not just "Robyn" -- you wouldn't call Mary Jane shoes "Mary shoes" would you? All because I spell my first name with a space rather than a hyphen!
But they do call Mary Jane shoes, just "Mary Janes".
It is quite common, & usually acceptable here, at most forums, or on social media to be on a first-name basis to who you are referring to... unless there is someone else with the same first name in the conversation's thread or talk group. Then, they may use a last name initial too. Someone may refer to someone as "John V." so they're not confused with "John D." in the same group or thread.
Most of us refer to "Mary Beth Sanford" as "Mary Beth", but we don't call her just "Mary" because there are too many called Mary. No offense is intended or should be taken by modern typing, internet, or social media shorthand... it's just how things work & are done these days.
I go by the screen name "Betty". "Betty Pearl" is a website name. BuffaloBetties, UncleGadget, & PearlCorona are domain names. I'll answer to all of them, but will remind them that domain names are not personal or screen names & not my name. Domains come & go, can be faked, bought, or stolen.
Some people were just getting used to writing & typing on a keyboard when they came out with tap-screen portables, so they stopped learning any real typing. These portables have auto-complete, auto-suggest, auto-type, & auto spell-check. Although most of those devices will remember words you type the most, & suggest or auto-complete with them, they won't remember everything.
Some people aren't very good with English, & it isn't their primary language. Some of them are tapping/typing on a small or older phone with a 240x320 pixel screen. With all those drawbacks & obstacles faced with joining, logging in, & posting on those little portables, I'm happy that they can post anything understandable with them.
More than half our daytime visitors come here on a portable, & about half are from outside the USA. English is not their primary language for about 1/3 of them. It's not even that they never get on a computer. But living with a roommate, family, or being on a shared computer or connection, visiting Betty's on their own private & personal portable, or pocket device may be their only option to visit privately.
Back in the late 1990s when I was working 50-70 hour work weeks, I was more likely visiting & managing Betty's on a small webtv unit with a tiny wireless keyboard, connected to a 350p 12" television on a dialup connection. It was in my isolated basement office/shop at work. There were computers in the main offices there, but I couldn't privately visit Betty's there. By the time I got home, I had enough time to eat, take care of/play with the cats, & go to sleep. Not much time to get on the home computer unless I had a day off or was blessed with a short day. Most of my posts back then were done quickly in a hurry during a coffee or meal break at work. When you're at work 10-20 hours in a day, they will let you wander off if you have a chance for a quick break, coffee, or meal occasionally.
Shortly after the turn of the century, I was visiting, posting, & managing Betty's most of the time during breaks at work with a $45 phone with a 320x400 pixel 3-inch wide screen (via their WiFi). Many of my posts, & emails back then were made in a hurry at work while sitting on the crapper at work with a phone.
And back then, we didn't have a separate special mobile feed for Betty's. So I know first-hand the difficultly many of our users have visiting on small, older, or cheap portable devices. But I didn't bother making a separate mobile feed of Betty's until it was almost half our daytime visitors were here on mobile devices.
Even today, since I was forced into early retirement because of COPD, my first visit to Betty's of the day or my email & message checks may be on a portable while sitting on the toilet... or the last visit & message checks before bed time.
Let them type any way they want. I only draw the line when they don't try to use any caps or punctuation at all, or the post cannot be understood. Why waste their time & mine by posting something where nobody can understand what they were talking about? Also when somebody appears to be posting drunk or has severe mental problems, this isn't the best place they should be at that time.
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