Defining Transphobia

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Originally Posted by EnderD_503

Anyways, what do you think about methods to raise awareness so that transphobia is at least recognised on par with homophobia instead of as an afterthought of homophobia?

Genderism is the main root of transphobia. I think bringing awareness to genderism and its impact on the trans community would be a great start. I think it should be treated just like any other ism but it is so ambiguous that sometimes people don't even realize that it is unfair treatment. There are so many types of transphobia to address. It can be a personal, systemic, intentional, or unintentional experience, so pinpointing methods to raise awareness can get complicated because of large amounts of diverse people that need to be educated. Some people don't even know or haven't heard of transphobia, much less genderism.

Here is where I see the problem getting harder. How do we get our community LGBT to get behind educating people about genderism when many people within our own community support this ideal?

Genderism is the belief that there are and only should be two genders and that gender is tied to ones biological sex.