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"Shemale" is a portmanteau of "she" and "male". In adult media, it describes transgender women who have female secondary sex characteristics (such as breasts) while retaining male genitalia.
The portrayal of transgender women in media has shifted significantly over the decades: How Far Have We Really Come with Trans Representation?
For high-quality, professional media production or journalistic coverage concerning transgender individuals, industry standards emphasize using accurate and respectful terminology. Understanding the Terminology
The respectful and accurate term is "transgender woman" or simply "woman" . Evolution of Media Representation
Most transgender people and major media organizations (like GLAAD ) strongly advise against using the term in mainstream content. It is seen as a way of reducing a person's identity to their physical anatomy or implying they are inherently linked to the sex trade.
The early 1990s brought transgender characters into the mainstream like never before—in all the nightmarishly wrong ways. In 1991, The Peabody Awards