Blake Lively repeatedly refers to transgender people as traxxies in resurfaced interviews

[jemgirl90]

Fury as Blake Lively repeatedly refers to transgender people as trannies in resurfaced interviews https://t.co/LCUykYaPgW pic.twitter.com/Z64aILEELW
- Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) August 18, 2024
Source:https://twitter.com/DailyMail/status/1825279598696796503Read more... )

Comments

[ialmrnt5]

literally it used to be a normal word for people to use

if it was said in the last 6 or so years it'd be different

[ydn1m]

she said the first quote in 2012 and definitely got flack for it back then too so i would not call it 'normal' haha

[2_on]

even ONTD knew back in 2012 that it was wrong. when old ONTD thought something was problematic you know it's problematic!

https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/66216217.html?thread=11437251865#t11437251865
https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/66216217.html?thread=11437254425#t11437254425
https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/66216217.html?thread=11437596697#t11437596697

[anachan87]

iirc, the dude who played Brody 'Rachel's LI in s4) on glee got fired after using that word on twitter, which was in 2012.

[fantastiche]

Nah, only ignorant people. It was always a bad word to use but ignorant people hadn't learned yet so they thought it was okay simply because "everyone was doing it". Not a good reason to use a word.

[ialmrnt5]

my point is she didnt say this anytime recently, people are re-litigating this from over 10 yrs ago

[recognitions]

Please stop

[fantastiche]

That's fair, just saying people did know better back then and ignorance is only a defence if you regret using it in a stupid, offensive way.

[pantless_deacon]

It was offensive 10 years ago.

[pantless_deacon]

Guess what? Gays still call one another the F slur...doesn't mean it's ok in general. Same with the N word for Black folks. All of these words were always offensive and considered bad. Y'all just liked saying them.

[tube_fiend]

I don't know why people are denying that this was ever an acceptable word, as though it was a slur that was then reclaimed by the community, like the f word

[jemgirl90]

I don't know why people are denying that this was ever an acceptable word, as though it was a slur that was then reclaimed by the community, like the f word.

What word do people think was used back in the early 2000s??

Transexual.

The appropriate term was Transexual in the 90s,as is explained in the hit film

" To wong foo thanks for everything Julie Newman"

Also talk shows like Oprah Winfrey and Phil Donahue (may he RIP) talked about the subject to millions of viewers daily.

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