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We should only be concerned about those who don't let all kinds of different people exist.

We should rename homophobia or transphobia to "Judgingthatdiscriminates"

Because that's often what it is. It's not people seeing a homosexual going "HELP!! IT'S A TRANS Person! RUN!!"

Or "I HATE TRANS! I HATE TRANS" protests chasing after trans people with fire and chop sticks.

It's. The favourite teacher who always compliments her students. The expert surgeon who has saved thousands of lives. The everyday polite office worker. The mom bestie. The children's book worldwide famous author.

And the same good people say: "Others are transphobic, but not me, I'm just concerned / disliking / dissaporoving / against / not a fan of / having some opinions"


I can have so many things in common with people and they can have hundreds of good qualities that I look up to, but then they are discriminating and fearing an entire group of people who had fought for centuries to be able to exist and be respected just like you and me.


And those concerns, dislikes, or opinions, are in fact, discriminating a group of people who whether or not you understand it, exists like the rest of us.


That is what transphobia and homophobia is. Now I know some will feel targeted, I'm not here to judge. I'm here to inform. According to my experience most transphobia is just misinformation. Someone have been told rumors or made up stats and it made them fear /judge the trans community.

You don't have to do that anymore.
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Doomflower · 41-45, M
This is a very kind post.
Queendragonfly · 31-35, F
@Doomflower Thank you 💚 I'm trying to not hurt anyone but help people help those who are the most threatened today. Which is the trans community and before that it was the gay community. Mainly the world have accepted homosexuality as normal as breathing, I want us to reach the same acceptance for trans people too.
Doomflower · 41-45, M
@Queendragonfly I'm still quite alarmed by things that I hear/see some people put out there about even gay people and particularly gay men. Being a trans man who prefers other men as partners (though maybe I just haven't met the right woman) I sometimes get a little dizzy from the fumes of hate.

At least I'm white and pass pretty well as a guy now so I have those priveleges going for me. Also I have an education and a support system and some small measure of security. My struggles are relatively minor in the grand scheme of things but that doesn't stop me being worried.
Queendragonfly · 31-35, F
@Doomflower Your struggles are as valid as anyone else's. It's not a competition. I'm sorry you see such things be said it must be so frightening.
As a cis woman I can only relate to school bullies or misogynists. No one has ever judged my heterosexuality or had "opinions" about it or my gender as some sickness or wrong or concerning attention seeking fantasy. Never has it been illegal to be hetero or woman either. White European hetero woman. I had all the privileges the LGBTQ community still fights for.