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re: Randy Rainbow’s old, racist, and transphobic tweets resurface
Last Edit: MockingbirdGirl 09:28 pm EDT 08/18/20
Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 09:22 pm EDT 08/18/20
In reply to: re: Randy Rainbow’s old, racist, and transphobic tweets resurface - Ncassidine 09:07 pm EDT 08/18/20

I think the real turning point in usage was 2014. That's when the debate really exploded in the public sphere, when Laverne Cox made the cover of Time magazine for their "transgender tipping point" story... and when the Tranny Awards changed their name to the Transgender Erotica Awards.
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re: Randy Rainbow’s old, racist, and transphobic tweets resurface
Last Edit: singleticket 08:51 am EDT 08/19/20
Posted by: singleticket 08:42 am EDT 08/19/20
In reply to: re: Randy Rainbow’s old, racist, and transphobic tweets resurface - MockingbirdGirl 09:22 pm EDT 08/18/20

I think you're right. Before that were a lot of mini battles over usage of the word, mostly between drag performers (who Rainbow is probably emulating) and trans people or trans allied activists. But after the Laverne Cox ascension to American celebrity status, things really took off and changed.
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