Do you ever hear about transvestites anymore?

Asked by JLeslie (65446) November 20th, 2019 from iPhone

Is that a bad term now? I hear transgender all the time, but not the term transvestite. I also hear trans community, so I have assumed that includes transvestites also.

I wondered if maybe they are treated badly in the community. Similar to bisexual people who up until recently were dismissed, and often told they were in denial and really gay. Even in the gay community there was some not so nice attitudes towards people who identified as bisexual.

Back to transvestites, do they prefer he or she? I vaguely remember RuPaul saying he didn’t care if people called him he or she, and some people in the trans community were upset about that. For as long as I can remember that I’ve seen RuPaul dressed in drag and also in everyday “male” clothing as a man. I think of him as a man who dressed up, I don’t think he says he is a woman, but I could easily be wrong.

Thanks for the help in advance with the current PC on the topic.