Uh.. I'm not homophobic. I have my fair share of gay friends. Hecc my best irl is bi. I was bi as well. I hope you guys don't think I'm homophobic..I mean my favourite anime character is Felix Argyle from Re:Zero. Andtbhallmyocsaregay.
I mean was the use of the word "trap" that mean? I tried to use that instead of twink or tranny. I know what words are good and bad.
hi okay so! i just want to state for the record that i'm not accusing you of being a homophobe, but since you seem genuinely curious about this, yes, you should know that word "tr*p" is in fact, a pretty heinous word to use (as is tr**ny). it's certainly not a synonym for twink (which is not a slur). i'm not sure what's appropriate or not to discuss on this forum, but i'm happy to PM with you (or anyone else who's curious) about what the word implies and its very serious and hurtful meaning for trans people, but the wiki page that
@queentylerqueen posted above is a good start if you're looking to learn.
all in all, it seems like there are folks in this thread (including the op) who legitimately did not know that they were using a slur. i'm not trying to drag those people or call them out, my point in making my post was exactly so that if people
didn't know, then they could learn and not use it again (and not inadvertently hurt/offend people in the future)!
also not to be that person but my point here was not to start "drama", and it's kind of odd to me that some of y'all are reacting like this thread is now going to snowball out of control into unpleasantness. the language we all use has impact, and there are people in here who are learning about an impact of their language they didn't know about. it's all good. i'm happy to stop posting here though if mods agree this should be taken to DMs.
