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[–]PassionateIntensity 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

If they were slurs used against you, personally like in your transwoman example, yes I think you can use it. What I've seen commonly instead is FTMs attracted to men using the F slur nonstop about gay men and themselves. MTFs using lesbian slurs the same way. I don't think that's reclaiming, I think it's just homophobia.

I've also come around to not being a fan of "reclaiming" because I just don't see it working. It makes the slur more common and creates community in-fighting. (The arguments I have had about the Q word...) If you want to "strip the power" from a word...make it extinct.

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Thanks for sharing, I especially like and agree with what you said at the end!