[3][4][5] Roz Kaveney wrote in The Guardian in 2010 that tranny had recently appeared to be undergoing reappropriation to be used with pride by trans activists, but "it didn't take", due in part to the word's continued use as a term of abuse.
[8] Singer-songwriter Justin Vivian Bond and writer Kate Bornstein, both transgender, have historically advocated for use of the term,[9] with Bond saying in 2014 that banning the word does not eliminate transphobia but rather "steal[s] a joyous and hard-won identity from those of us who are and have been perfectly comfortable, if not delighted to be trannies.
"[9] Bornstein claimed the word was used in the 1960s and 1970s in Sydney, Australia by trans people as "a name for the identity they shared", but said no one should think Bornstein was giving them permission to use the slur to describe anyone without first knowing the term they used for their gender identity.
[3] In December 2024, US congresswoman Nancy Mace used the slur both on social media and out loud with a bullhorn at the Capitol.
[13] She repeatedly used the slur during the February 5, 2025, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, despite being criticized for it by the panel's member.