z-axis.gay

Hey, I told you to "eat shit" on bluesky for your comment where you said that anyone calling someone tranny as a perjorative is getting the word from porn and it reveals what kind of porn they watch. I do want to apologize because I did not take the comment well or with the message you had intended, and you do seem to really be an ally and understand a lot of the needs of the trans community. I reacted negatively because it sounded like you were suggesting that is like a deviant or weird thing to like, and I felt like the term was being reduced to just it's use in porn. "Tranny" certainly is used a lot in porn, but it also has been a perjorative used for transsexual people for a long time, and myself and many other transsexuals try to reclaim that word in some ways. I think part of my reaction was based in "tranny" being "our" word to use, and feeling like you bringing up the porn was an unnecessary insertion into the conversation. Anyway, this isn't hate mail, it's an apology, and I just wanted to say I'm sorry for my initial harsh reaction and judgement. I've followed you and intend to check out your podcast and I appreciate that you care about our political plight.

JOSH'S REPLY: Thank you for your apology and grace, and as I said on Bluesky, I apologize for missing the mark.  My initial comment was something that I've seen and heard other trans women say, and while the intent was to make the transphobic person it's addressed to think about what they've said, themselves, it apparently was not taken that way in context, and I missed the mark in interjecting it in that context to begin with  So I owe an apology, as well, and I will do better.  I look forward to talking further!