[GOboobs]

Yuppers. If you go back over a year ago, you find that I, too, used the word "transgendered". Eight times to be exact, as you kindly point out, OH. The last time was back on 5-27-2014. At that time, I was totally in the closet. Only my wife knew of my TG issues. I was taking herbs (PM), hadn't yet joined a TG support group, and I had no intention of transitioning. You could also say that I was pretty ignorant about transgender matters, in general. I'm not positive, but I don't think GLAAD had yet come out with their Transgender Media Reference Guide.

Since then I have not used the word "transgendered" to describe transgender people. The word implies that being transgender is a choice. Transitioning is a choice, but being transgender is not. That distinction is a big deal, because if it were a choice it would probably be classified as a paraphilia (mental disorder). It isn't, but there are plenty of people who still believe that nonsense.

So let's stop arguing about it. If you want to go on using a word despite me telling you that it's offensive, go ahead, do what you must.

You're kinda missing the point there. When you were using "transgendered" you weren't doing it out of maliciousness or anything, were you? So why assume that other people who use the exact same word that you've used have some other meaning behind it?

Maybe GLAAD hadn't added it to the list of words that they find offensive back then. You can't expect people to magically change overnight. Especially when there are support groups for the tg community that are still using "transgendered." Like the Boston Belles Transgendered Support Group (surprisingly located no where near Massachusetts.) The Angels, proudly supporting the UK transgendered community, the Chi Chapter Crossdressing/Transgendered Support Group, and so on.

So sorry that people, including those within your own community are using a term that you and some others suddenly find offensive (for a totally ludicrous reason. adding "ed" means it's a choice? How on earth does one reach that conclusion?) It's a bit ridiculous to expect everyone to bend over backwards to accommodate changing guidelines. People are going to keep using words that were fine not that long ago. Get over it.