Is it TRANSPHOBIC if lesbians refuse to date a trans woman?

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(07-05-2023, 01:20 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Falsely calling people transphobic, when they really just don't like or prefer to not have involvement with transpeople, really just seems like gaslighting to me.

"phobic" has been added to the end of things because there's not a more recognized modifier to a word that is used for "is bigoted against". The same thing is done homophobia.

Transbigotia just doesn't have the same ring to it.

To trace it even further, "phobia" does mean fear of something but, more importantly, it is an irrational fear.

No one would call you pyrophobic for being scared of being burned to death. The irrationality of a fear is central to it being a phobia.

So when it comes to transphobia or homophobia, you could argue it is appropriate because hatred of people for being gay or for being trans is often based in irrationality. There's no good reason to hate gay people other than irrationality. Similar with trans people. So that's probably why that modifier stuck.