March 6, 2012

Should the LGBT Community Use Words Like 'Faggot' And 'Tranny'?

Because we have been talking about language recently, and you recently wrote a blog post about this topic, I thought you might find this interesting. Huffington Post is starting a series called the Change My Mind debate series. The first installment came out today, and features a debate between two LGBT activists: Mara Keisling, the smart and wonderful Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, and Randall Jenson, the Executive Director of a documentary company called SocialScope Productions.

The debate article is fun, and different--you get to vote before you read each side of the debate, then dive into the two perspectives. Then, you get to vote again at the end. Give it a go!

As deviance scholars, it would be interesting to hear what you think--how did they do, defending each side? Did they hit all the major points? Did they bring in any arguments that surprised you, or were new to you? What was missing?

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