NashvilleScene.com – Posted by PJ Tobia
A few hours after this week?s Scene hit newsstands, I received a letter from the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (posted in its entirety after the jump) regarding our cover story . The story is about El Dos de Oros, a South Nashville bar that caters to immigrant laborers and attracts…
A few hours after this week?s Scene hit newsstands, I received a letter from the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition (posted in its entirety after the jump) regarding our cover story. The story is about El Dos de Oros, a South Nashville bar that caters to immigrant laborers and attracts women and transvestites who are paid for their companionship. The letter takes us to task for the use of the term “transvestite,” saying that the word ?is a perjorative [sic] term and is considered insulting.?
They preferred that we use the term ?cross dresser.? At least one gender studies expert says that either term could apply to men who dress as women (or vice versa) and that the label “transvestite” is not an insult, per se.