Talk:Transamerica (film)

Trivia
Should we say this was a Filliam H. Muffman production? :) Humor aside, this was a great film -- go see it! &mdash;  Stevie is the man!  Talk 15:01, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Goofs
Shall we have a goofs section? I have seen that section in other film articles such as Reality Bites. If so, I've just spotted one. When Toby hits on Bree, he takes the robe off. Then, she asks him to cover and he covers his legs with the robe but without tying it. Next scene, he is running off the room with the robe tyed propperly but off his arms, topless.

Fixed some gender pronouns
Transexual men are properly referred to as 'he' before a sex change operation, and as 'she' afterward. I edited the article to reflect proper usage. 172.132.198.68 03:23, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

No, they aren't. In fact, most transpeople find that offensive. Also, you're referring to transwomen in your example. 12.135.58.53 06:35, 20 March 2007 (UTC)scharles

Granted this is an old topic, scharles is correct. Transwoman= MTF Transman= FTM.

They are referred to as their correct(ed) gender and sex before and after any surgery options they may undergo. Also, this stands when no surgery is ever performed. --208.51.50.157 (talk) 07:24, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Wrong. True-TSs are born with what makes them boy or girl and keep that for life. It is wrong to every refer to a TS woman as a HE, even when discussing their past. A transsexual woman is wrongly born with male parts, and a transsexual man is wrongly born with female parts. Never the other way around. And I consider true-TSs mainstream women, but men who live as women and never get the surgery as TGs and men. It is unethical to call a man who merely lives as a woman and is born with male brain wiring, and gets off on keeping his junk a she. That is like calling a police officer in a TV show a real police officer in real life.72.11.40.181 (talk) 19:52, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Transsexual/Transgender
Should we use Transsexual (an often offensive term) or Transgender. I feel transgender is less offensive than transsexual (I have around 70 intersexed, transgendered, and two-spirited friends... none of them identify as transsexual.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Totallycharged (talk • contribs) 05:28, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

I would agree, Transgender would be better, even though, technically speaking, transexual (from a "difference between sex and gender" standpoint)would be more accurate. The semantics surrounding sex and Gender are very touchy, and bleed over somtimes, but Transgender is the more commonly used term in the community. 208.51.50.157 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 07:17, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Transsexuals (gender conformists) get the surgery and desire a mainstream life, mere transgendered (gender variant) men pretending to be women do not. Like quite a few women born with the birth condition of transsexualism, I am offended by the term transgender, because I am not transgender nor part of the LGBT. I feel defamed whenever someone says I am transgender or LGBT. Like the woman in the story, I am just a mainstream woman with a birth defect, not a part of the LGBT in any way. Most true-TSs consider themselves separate from TGs and are being offended at being lumped in with them. It is impossible to change your gender (who you are), but you can change your physical sex. When you call someone a TG, you are calling them a man in a dress, a fetisher, a male sex worker in drag, etc. 72.11.40.181 (talk) 19:45, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Bill Hicks routine
What is the cite for this? I couldn't find anything close to this reference, but I DO recall it being in the Lisa the Treehugger episode of The Simpsons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.201.10 (talk) 02:21, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

"Unethically refuse"
I think i am troubled by this phrase I ponder if the writer can back such qualification? If so please add add a reference that will back this up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.8.4.166 (talk) 04:39, 31 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Ethical standards for any psychotheraputic treatment (which sexual reassignment surgery is included in) expressly forbid withholding permission to undertake treatment conditioned on a particular course of action. La Maupin (talk) 04:29, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

2019 "prostituted himself"
Is that really how we say that still? Is this Victorian England? What about "he earned the money through sex work" or "he preformed a sex act in exchange for money"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.18.63.89 (talk) 18:53, 10 November 2019 (UTC)