Transphobia

There are plenty of androgynous looking people who could pull off the stereotypical appearances of both genders. I wouldn't doubt it if we walk by trans people who have fully transitioned and don't even take a second glance.

 

Pick who is transgendered.

 

No real disagreement.

 

A word comes it mind when reading this, and it comes from the rear end of a steer.

 

Here's another example of Transphobia: http://www.politicalforum.com/curre...ion-being-sued-humiliating-cross-dresser.html

 

Great... yet another made up word the gays can incorrectly use to make themselves feel more enlightened than those who simply disagree with them.

Why not just start your own dictionary ?

 

My thoughts exactly... show me one gay on Earth I would feel the need to be afraid of...

 

All words were made up at some point in time. The phenomenon being described, however, is not made up at all.

 

Cultures of gender are not biological, they are just artifacts of society. So for example, men dressing as women to me is not that man being true to their nature - its just them feeling happier about being seen as a trans person (with all the risk that brings with it). This does not offend me in the slightest. Its harmless and does not effect me if they feel better doing it - but sorry guys but you cannot know what it feels like to be a women, you can only know what it feels like to be yourself. Even if you cut bits out of yourself or mess with your hormones and interrupt natural growth by stopping puberty etc. Its still not the same thing. So wear what you like, but stop asserting some part of you needs to wear dresses and makeup, that is offensive to all humanity to claim such a vain human nature. I don't consider that transphobia, just more realistic.

 

If the "phenomenon", as you call it, is people daring to disagree with you (gays, etc).... then adding "phobia" to the end of a word is completely misused.

"Antihomo", "Antitrans"... those apply.

Using a word to make people look like they are afraid of something, is just silly agenda.

 

Well that is not what the phenomenon is. Here is a good wiki article that talks about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transphobia

Xenophobia is an example of the suffix phobia being used to describe something that is not necessarily fear in the sense of "Oh my goodness a spider EEK!!!"

Saying it makes no sense to use phobia is just a semantic argument that ignores the actual meaning of what is being described. That is just how words work.