Christian Siriano Clarifies That "Hot Tranny Mess" Wasn't Meant to Offend Trans People
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Written by jay
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Tuesday, 03 June 2008 03:33 |
Project Runway 4 winner Christian Siriano has apologized for comments that he made in a recent Time Out New York interview that got GLAAD on his ass. Basically, the boy with the cockatiel hairstyle who popularized the phrase "hot tranny mess" in mainstream culture went further to say, "If you think of heterosexuals, they have white-trash women and trailer parks, and we have drag queens and trannies." While we would never generalize that drag queens are all trashy, we are certainly familiar with the brand of sloppy, badly made-up, often intoxicated drag queen with poor taste who epitomizes the term "tranny mess," and we think that Christian was just doing a poor job of explaining himself.
Christian was compelled, in the wake of flack from the interview, to insist, "Some of my close friends happen to be transgender and I think they are some of the most inspiring people in my life... I completely support the fabulousness and amazing fashion inspiration that most transgender people provide."
But we'd like to back up for a second: Does everyone need a refresher course in the usage of Trans vs. Tranny? To quote from The Sword style guide:
trans vs. tranny: while we may conflate the two in certain cases (i.e. "Today in Tranny News"), "tranny" should be reserved for describing drag queens, namely men who dress as women for the purpose of performance, and "trans" should be used when referring to transsexuals or gender-non-conforming individuals. The third term "transvestite" should be reserved especially for straight-identified men who like to dress in women's clothing but who do not perform nor identify as drag queens, but occasionally are, themselves, hot tranny messes.
Any questions?
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