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This subthread is so ... uncivil, that I considered just reporting you to Mike to be warned, instead of responding here. But having my say seems more likely to have a good effect. I could be wrong about that.

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When we speak like we are entitled to simply censor how another person may speak for herself - based on "who" we think she is or what we assume her intentions are, or based on a presumption that everyone is responsible for agreeing with us ideologically ... we forfeit respect for our own free expression. If this board is going to keep on being an open forum, it's crucial that we communicate respectfully. With all characters, on all topics, even when we think we're being trolled, or that someone else is disrespecting us. There is no excuse for being hostile.

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If you were to explain clearly and without arrogance why you find a term offensive, you could possibly educate someone, and possibly contribute to establishing conventions of what's respectful. If that's even your purpose here. It's a possible good purpose for objecting to the term, anyway. Why has no one bothered?

For whatever it's worth ... being voluntarily somewhat out of touch with political correctness, I was not aware that transvestite was considered offensive by anyone. I thought it is just a neutral, if slightly quaint, synonym for a person in superficially cross-gender dress, that doesn't assume anything about anyone's identity or whatever. I haven't seen the spectacle in question but the word "drag" in the name does suggest cross-dressing, and nothing more specific, to me. I'm telling you this in the hope that you will understand why I can't assume Roxstar intended to be offensive.

This message was edited 2/13/2018, 12:23 PM

Yes, please. It’s a horrendous slur.

This, exactly. It's terribly transphobic and disrespectful.