{"id":3562,"date":"2021-06-24T08:04:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T08:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mytranssexualdate.com\/blog\/?p=3562"},"modified":"2021-08-12T12:24:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T12:24:31","slug":"my-transsexual-date-becomes-my-transgender-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytransgenderdate.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/my-transsexual-date-becomes-my-transgender-date","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMy Transsexual Date\u201d becomes \u201cMy Transgender Date\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2021 we decided to rename <strong>My Transsexual Date<\/strong> into <strong>My Transgender Date.<\/strong> Why the change? Let me explain everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A little bit of history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We initially launched our dating site in 2013, under the name <strong>My Ladyboy Date.<\/strong> As the name implies, it focused on Asia. In 2014 we launched a second website \u2013 <strong>My Transsexual Date<\/strong> \u2013 in order to cater to a more international audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Note that <strong>My Ladyboy Date<\/strong> and <strong>My Transsexual Date,<\/strong> despite having a different name and URL, are in fact just one website. They share the same database, userbase etc.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Back then, we debated if we should employ &#8220;transsexual&#8221; or &#8220;transgender&#8221; in our name. My reasoning was that <em>transgender<\/em> was very Western centric. In fact in Latin America (which has a pretty big trans population), <em>transexual<\/em> (Spanish for <em>transsexual<\/em>, with only one &#8220;s&#8221;) is still more employed than <em>transg\u00e9nero<\/em> (Spanish for <em>transgender<\/em>). In the end, in order to be more inclusive, we decided to go for <em>transsexual<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why the change<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s 2021 now, and things have changed. Trans people have gained a lot more visibility. We&#8217;ve had trans celebrities like Caitlyn Jenner. We&#8217;ve had more trans characters in movies and series. We&#8217;ve had the rise of Gender Theory, progressive ideologies and political correctness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, it is clear that the term &#8220;transgender&#8221; has gained an enormous popularity over &#8220;transsexual&#8221;, and that a majority of trans women \/ trans men prefer to employ <em>transgender<\/em> rather than <em>transsexual<\/em>. And it seems to be heading that way in Latin America as well (<a href=\"https:\/\/trends.google.com\/trends\/explore?date=all&amp;geo=MX&amp;q=transexual,transgenero\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as per Google Trends<\/a>), albeit at a slower rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Transsexual<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/buckangel\/status\/1043080773123760134?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">despite being a totally valid word<\/a> (and very accurate in the context of our site), has lost its popularity and usage, and is even perceived as offensive by some people now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, considering this trend, and because we care about how our members feel, it makes sense for us to rename our website accordingly. I hope this change will be welcome \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2021 we decided to rename My Transsexual Date into My Transgender Date. Why the change? Let me explain everything. 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