Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25951143-20150101110046/@comment-27036132-20151002024824

- Darkchylde wrote: DinoTaur wrote:

Could you state an example where calling people transphobic was justified? Transphobia is defined as "intense dislike of or prejudice against transsexual or transgender people" (Oxford Dictionary). Did anyone state that they didn't want Alluka to be female because they had negative feelings towards transsexuality? Thank you, Dino. Here, lemme give you back rubs and cookies.

Transphobia is also the dislike or prejudice of a trans ideal or the possibility of one. It is affiliated with snuffing out even the *possibility* of a transgender character before they can even be confirmed. In this cae, it is the equivalent of saying, "Listen, I have no issue with gay people- I just don't want that stuff around me in my face."

Alluka may very well be trans, and no one wants to realize it, or face it, or have the idea of it anywhere near them. That can be considered transphobic, and while I am not calling anyone transphobic here, I can also see why others would recongize it and jump to that conclusion.

It is PAINFULLY obvious we have our biases, but regardless if you're from reddit or tumblr- the ambiguity remains, and is still up to debate. I firmly believe Alluka is a trans girl, and I will take no pronouns anyday over the wrong ones. It's the next best thing.