you may remember a series of articles in the examiner suggesting that transsexuals are in the mainstream these days, thanks to tv (no pun intended) and the internet. well, i came across the above ad in the phoenix new times, our local free culture & entertainment weekly newspaper - i’d equate it to the village voice, for those who read my blog on the east coast.

on the up side, there’s no “shemale” or “chick with a dick” verbiage, and compared to the rest of the ads for, um, escorts, it’s rather, well, mainstream. is there a downside? i suppose that depends on where you stand on the sex work issue. while i like to imagine that no woman should be forced to engage in sex work, i also understand that for many trans women, especially those of us who are not white and educated, as i am privileged to be, there are sometimes few other options. i just hope she does well, and doesn’t get hurt.

in the never ending search for information about shemales that hit my statcounter keyword analysis, i offer the above screen shot. to answer the “if you are shemale, what gender bathroom do you go to” question, my advise is to look at any shemale website, and take a look at the women shown. try to imagine what would happen if one of those women went to the men’s room. if you can’t figure it out, i suggest you simply give it up. you are too far gone.

in answer to the “post op pee shemale” query, i’ll simply say that after trans women have their surgery, we do, in fact, have to go to the bathroom to pee, and we sit down and pee just like any other woman. fascinating, i know, but true.

and in answer to the “steps to becoming a shemale” query, it’s just one foot in front of the other, like any other quest.

and finally, to answer the “pink pistols for women” query, i have to ask. are there pink pistols for men? why not just search for “pink pistols”? wtf?

this is rich. the “i want to understand why guys like shemales” search. really. you want to understand. well, the shemales on the internet fit the stereotypical criteria of beautiful women. guys like beautiful women, whether or not they possess penis’. yeah, it’s true. some guys will jerk off to anyone, penis or no, so long as they are skinny, and wear tons of makeup.

“shemales picking up men”. yeah. you wish.

“are there such things as shemales”. no, but there are trans women. believe it.

“how are shemales made?” it’s one of the miracles of god and nature. you know, the whole “god works in mysterious ways” thing.

my statcounter continues to provide hours of amusement. the most recent searches that hit my site include:

“i just want to become a shemale today”
sorry, but you’ll have to wait.
“are most or all shemales attracted to men”
never did a poll (no pun intended), but i’d say it’s 50/50.
“why men look at shemale sites”
because they’re horny?
“what’s the difference between pre op and post op shemales”
you’re kidding, right?
“how many guys have been surprised by a shemale”
it’s numbering in the millions now. let that be a lesson to you - don’t pick up women in bars. or on the internet.
“shemale enlarged breasts”
sorry, you’re looking in the wrong place.
“post op shemale blog”
now you are looking in the right place.
“do lots of men like shemales”
yes.
“meaning of shemale”
you’re kidding, right?
“how to tell if a girl is a tranny operation”
there’s no way to tell. let that be a lesson to you - don’t pick up women in bars. or on the internet.
“googleshemales”
um, i’m not going to touch this one.
“shemales in phoenix”
yes.
“the shemal”
learn to spell, then we’ll talk.
“where the most of the shemales are found”
all your base are belong to us.

next up, all the pink gun searches.

it makes sense that on halloween eve, the number of hits for “frankenstein” is first on my keyword analysis. the popularity of pink guns, and especially pink walther p22’s is encouraging. also encouraging is the search for “term shemale used positively”. though admittedly, i’m afraid to look at the results of such a search.

the keyword analysis on my statcounter account will never cease to amuse and entertain me. reading through some of the internet searches that hit my blog, illuminates quite clearly how bush came to power in the u.s.

“difference between preop and postop shemales”
you have to be kidding, right?

“would you be happy as a shemale?”
is the searcher asking this of the internet at large? or of me specifically?

“i did not know she was a shemale”
and?

“shemales that made the cut off dick”
i like to think i made the cut, but made a cut off dick? might be worth looking into.

“how are people born shemale”
shemales are made, not born. or something.
(more…)

i’m continuously fascinated by the search terms that hit my site. i noticed that recently, the searches for “shemales” were outnumbered by the searches for “post op shemale” or some facsimile. a search i hadn’t seen before emerged this week - “world record shemale” (i have to wonder what would entail having a “world record”), and “bathroom facilities for transgender in hospital”.

i’m also surprised by the number of people searching for pink guns.

so, shemales (post op and otherwise) and pink guns. i never imagined that people would search for these in such numbers. and that they’d end up finding me. your friendly neighborhood shemale with a pink gun.

granted, i always get quite a few hits from people searching for “shemales” on google, but jeez, this is certainly a new world’s record. usually it’s a toss up between pink pistols and shemales. today, there’s no contest.

*update*
today (3/21/08 @ 6:42 PM PDT), i’m up to 70 hits for “shemale”, and 10 hits for “post op shemale”. and really, what’s up with the “post op shemale” thing? isn’t that a contradiction in terms?

a screen shot of my statcounter keyword analysis for the past few days shows an interesting trend. people are searching for “jewish shemale”. ok, so you found me. now what?

a recent review of my statcounter keyword analysis reveals that “shemale” type searches have topped the “pink gun” type searches, despite my two recent posts on crossroads of the west and the charter arms pink bitch hand gun. it strikes me as interesting that despite the homophobic and transphobic comments that are often perpetuated on the internet and irl, men in large numbers are seeking “shemales” and our ilk. much like the ongoing republican outings.

today, the top search to hit my site is the ubiquitous and unadorned “shemale”, singular and to the point. many enhancements follow up however, and prompt one to ponder further who the perpetrators of these searches actually are.

• why do men like shemales
• why do guys like shemales
• why do i like shemales
• why do some people like shemales
• why do men look at shemales
• why do men love shemales
• why god created shemales
• what would you look like if you were a shemale
• would you have sex with a tranny
• men who like shemales
• my favorite shemale
• pictures of post op shemales
• i like shemales
• why do men become shemales
• females attracted to shemales
• why would someone cut off their own penis
• find shemale people
• describing first sexual encounter with a shemale
• steps to being a shemale

and that’s only a small sample. there are many searches for shemales in specific locations, phoenix included, and a variety of ethnic and religion specific shemales, such as “jewish”, “african american”, “latino”, and others. there’s also many searches that focus on operative status, such as “pre-op” and “post-op”, some specifically looking for pictures, some looking for behaviors, such as “shemales in drag” (huh?), and “shemales who stand up to pee”.

i have to wonder if these same people who denounce all things lgbt are the same people searching for shemales on the internet, in darkened rooms, late at night.

i use statcounter to track traffic on and to my site, and one of the most facinating features is the keyword activity function. it shows what words and phrases people use in google and other search engines that eventually hit my site.

by far, the most popular is some form of “pink guns”, which hit the posts i’ve done on the pink pistols and pink guns. there’s a bit of variety in the keywords people use, with the two most popular coming in as “pink glock” at 11.84% and “pink guns” at 9.21%. runner ups include “pink firearms” at 5.26%, “custom pink guns” at 3.95%, and “pink revolver grips, also at 3.95%. there’s also a few hits for “pink 22 caliber pistol”, “pink pistols”, “pink guns gunshop”, and a few other permutations. more than half the hits i get from the search engines are related to this category.

the second most popular, though not nearly as prevalent, is some form of search based on the term “shemale”. none individually amount to more than 2.63%, at least this week, but include “fit shemales” (of which i am definately not), “post op shemale” (which apparently i am), “alexis shemales” (presumably searching for alexis arquette), “why do men like shemales” (my personal second favorite), “i’m a shemale” (not sure if this refers to the person who is doing the search), “jews shemales” (i guess everyone has their own preferences), “post op shemale article” (are some people actually looking to read stuff about shemales as opposed to just gawking? i’m shocked!), “shemale active sex” (that’s more aligned to the “normal” types of searches), “steps to being a shemale” (i thought that was pretty much common knowledge), and my most favorite “shemale brain”. and here i was thinking that there was only male and female brains. “googleshemales” was a bit confusing, since they used google to do the search, and “drag queen shemale” seemed a bit redundant to me. there was one disturbing “i am shemale need work”, followed by “she male issues”. i wondered if those last two searches were done by the same person.

there’s many more that related to all thing trans, most notable include “men with no gender identity in the bible” (which bring up, ummm, interesting articles such as “sound bible christian teaching pertaining to intersex and gender identity (hermaphrodite*)), “transwoman goes straight” (i wondered if they were looking for former trans women or transwomen who used to date women but now date men), “miss transwoman 2007″ (and of course they found that right here on nexy’s cocoon, though that’s “misses transwoman” to you :P), “transgender statistics” (of which there is a serious lack), and one that combines the two most popular topics, “pink pistols trans”. amazing.

i’m not sure what to conclude from all this, but it’s facinating reading, at least to this jewish post op shemale transwoman transsexual pink pistol wielding blogger.