Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25951143-20150101110046/@comment-26871067-20160930002109

SuprK1 wrote: It is absolutely not the same thing. Sorry. So here is the deal. Being trans is part of a transgender person's identity, it is something they cannot make go away. By saying "I don't like the idea", you are saying that you don't like something that is an indeliable part of me as a person, a transgender person. This is, functionally, the same as you saying "I don't like trans people", even if semantics mean you can hide behind phrasing.

Transphobia is not something to be proud of, it's rooted in ignorance the same way homophobia, racism, ableism, and sexism are. And if you are transphobic, as you admittedly are, Viviburn is correct. You have no place in discussing a transgender character.