Transphobia
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: Transphobia means the unreasonable fear towards all trans-people, not a reasonable disagreement over policies.
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<ul><li>Property "Left" (as page type) with input value "With no trans-people ever causing a problem, North Carolina is such a bunch of rednecked-bigots, that they invented a law to ban trans-people from using the restroom, they need to be more tolerant towards LGBT culture... like San Francisco. Which still has hypocritical laws against bath houses and oral sex. Also, being male has no advantages in women's sports." contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.</li> <!--br--><li>Property "Right" (as page type) with input value "After multiple abuses by creeps exploiting trans-friendly laws in other cities (and no cases of local abuse against Trans folks), Charlotte activists ignored warnings and passed a law saying creepy guys could use Women’s bathroom. The State overrode that dumb local ordinance by saying trans-people had to legally change their gender on their drivers-license/birth certificate before they got a free pass, and private companies could do what they wanted." contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.</li></ul>
The definition comes from:
- Trans (Transexual) -- a person whose gender identity is different than the genitalia and chromosomes they were both with
- Phobia -- an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation
Those trying to extend the word into any prejudices, or policies are really stretching the word beyond reasonable bounds. Are transexuals automatically cis-phobic if they don't agree with every policy or person who is straight? Stay reasonable. Leave room for disagreement without everything being a phobia.
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| I have no problems with trans people myself: I've known, worked, and genuinely liked quite a few. But whenever I've ever tried to inject any semblance of counter-balance into an argument where activists are broad brushing and stereotyping the entire other side as bigots, I get called a transphobe. How could I possibly think that a bad law went too far? And so on. Which shows that we've given the term too much power, and not moderated it, or the people using it. If I'm a transphobe because I fight for trans-rights, just not quite to the extreme some activists want, then the word has no meaning. |
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But there's a lot of policies and high profile examples where the trans-activists have taken issues a bit too far. Just because you're trans (or trans-activists) doesn't make you wrong... but it certainly doesn't make you automatically right either:
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