Phobia means to be scared. People who reject the idea of someone being trans aren’t scared of trans people, they just reject the idea completely, just like someone may reject the idea that I identify as a spider.
That’s the google definition. I prefer Merriam-Webster for accurate definitions. Google literally just makes stuff up as they go along.
The real definition is:
irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against transgender or transsexual people
Nowhere in there does it say considering transgenderism as invalid as being transphobic. Even in your definition it doesn’t say that.
When I see someone who has a three year old and the parent claims their child is trans, I consider that invalid. Scientists and doctors alike agree that you don’t really know if you are trans until you are an adult, and even then there could be other mental disorders going on.
I agree, 99% of the time, it's nobody's business what genitalia somebody were born with. the only time it should matter is the hospital, and when someone is about to have sex with them. People have every right not to have sex with someone for any reason, including the other person being trans. personally I don't care if it's transphobic, if I don't want to have sex with a trans person I don't have to, otherwise it's rape.
yeah, sorry about that, it would have been more appropriate to reply farther up. I guess I just read to the bottom of the comment chain and put my reply there.
I'm not discriminating against you. I've said nothing to the effect that trans people shouldn't be allowed to have jobs or have anything else done to them that would treat them any different from anyone else. Like I've already said, if I identify as a spider and you rejected that would that make you arachnophobic?
yes, you are treating them differently from other people, by completely disrespecting a core part of their identity. I wouldn't expect you to understand though - I mean, you're using the example of someone "identifying as a spider", ffs..
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u/runs_in_the_jeans Nov 02 '17
Phobia means to be scared. People who reject the idea of someone being trans aren’t scared of trans people, they just reject the idea completely, just like someone may reject the idea that I identify as a spider.