Comments on: Word of the Week: Transphobia

By: Leslee

Leslee — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:50:58 +0000

transitioning can be a scary thing for some girls. My close friend has gone through much transphobia when she was working at different jobs.People seam to enjoy belitting some one who is different from themselves.Men and women are guilty of this against some of the most beautiful transgendered women. They are jellous of how good they look and how feminane they are.Insecurity plays a big role in the problem.Ever so slowly this is changing and new laws help to keep some of the biggest transphobia individuals in line.

By: Louise

Louise — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:32:32 +0000

Mira, that inner girl of yours is your most precious asset. It makes you unique and I am so proud to be able to communicate with you as a human being. I have this inner girl in me also and share your feelings. Being called anything does not take away my little girl inside. Wanting to move to Australia only shows that you want to take away a shield, that we both know, would make us totally free girl. Thanks so much for being you.
Louise

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:39:05 +0000

Sadly this is more prevalent than most even want to acknowledge. Any time there is an article regarding a member of the tg community in Maine, the disturbing reality of it comes to light when you read through online comment where the annonymous can ooze thier biggotry and ignorance to everyone else (remember the articles I sent you Jess) transphobia usually only shows its ugly head when a specific issue arises, but most seems to me lumped into the homophobia label as a whole, mostly spewing ignorance using relgion an excuse to hate anything they think is different. The recent Question 1 issue (gay marriage) here proved that Mainers ignorant and rather than doing a little research, they pretty much believe any piece of propagana handed to them and sucessfully made the entire GLBT community second class citizens. It does upsaet me that some people are so close minded that they need to dictate the lives of other who do not affect them at all…but it’s okay because they use religion as a front so they can sleep at night.

By: Mira

Mira — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:04:35 +0000

Unfortunately, transphobia is a fact of life. Straight, cisgendered people may feel relatively comfortable around a “straight-acting” gay person, but there’s no hiding trans in action – and that makes people uncomfortable. Uninformed individuals don’t always differentiate between gender-queer and partner-queer, and so an MTF trans person often represents the “gayest of the gay.” As a result, coming out trans can mean having to correct several misconceptions simultaneously.

Obviously, I’m not speaking about everyone. But sitting at the Thanksgiving table with generations of family members, I realized how many people I would/may alienate if and when this inner girl of mine reaches the surface. It makes me want to move to Australia and transition in distant anonymity!

Anyway, thanks for posting, and thanks for highlighting the fact that transphobia is very real, even if it doesn’t mean people running in fear from trannies as in a zombie attack.

Mira

By: Jessica Sideways

Jessica Sideways — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:13:25 +0000

Transphobia is also exerted by some old school feminist circles. I have recently had an encounter with a transphobic feminist…

It is also sad that my dating pool is severely cut because of the transphobia that many men have…

By: Melissa C

Melissa C — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:00:45 +0000

Yeah, the phobia suffix seems to be pretty diluted these days. I think in part that is so because sticking it on the end of something is now taken to mean “aversion.” We slap that thing on the end of all kinds of words and phrases, sometimes even to comic effect (e.g. “she has a manager phobia …”). Unfortunately, as you’ve pointed out, the vernacular use of phobia tends to neglect the “irrational” part of its definition…

Thanks for the great blog!

Mel

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By: Louise

Louise — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:32:09 +0000

Transphobia (or less commonly, transprejudice and trans-misogyny, the latter referring to transphobia directed toward transwomen) refers to discrimination against transsexuality and transsexual or transgender people, based on the expression of their internal gender identity .
When I researched this word I thought of all the fears of feeling as though I was bad, you know what I mean? The fear of being afraid. I had this little girl inside me that wanted to express herself but was afraid of not being acceptable to others. Jessica, just being able to express myself on your site takes much of my internal fear away. I have always been more afraid of me than society itself. We all need, as girls, to express this fear and face it once and for all in our lives. I am a girl inside, have always been and I am proud of me. What others think is not as important as what I think. I love my little girl inside.
Louise