What is Transphobic?
1.
1) Treating someone differently, because of their gender identity or gender presentation.
2) Also, refusing to treat someone differently because of their gender identity or gender presentation.
3) Referring to a transgender person, or treating them, in any manner other than exactly what they would like you to.
1)
A: "Check out that guy in the dress; what a fruit."
B: "Dude, don't be so transphobic."
2)
C: "Hey, see that guy over there in the dress?"
B: "That's a girl."
C: "No, it's clearly a guy."
B: "She's wearing a dress, therefor you should refer to her as female."
C: "That doesn't make any sense."
B: "Dude, don't be so transphobic."
3)
C: "Hey, whatever happened to John?"
B: "John got sexual reassignment surgery. Her new name is Guenevere McAwesome."
C: "That's moronic; I'm just going to keep calling him John."
B: "Dude, don't be so transphobic."
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