• Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Did you read the original reddit thread? Chasers are dangerous to the trans community. It isn’t about being attracted to trans individuals, it’s about specifically seeking them out for being trans and fetishizing them being trans.

    Can you not see how this may look if you are the trans person in this relationship?

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        5 months ago

        I’m not stupid, I know it means “fear of.” Do you think Homophobes are “afraid” of gay people? What abiut transphobes? In the context of bigotry, phobia is used to refer to invalidating or undermining ones sexuality, gender identity, etc.

        Literally talk to a trans person, or just read through that thread, it isn’t difficult.

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          Do you think Homophobes are “afraid” of gay people?

          Yes.

          What abiut transphobes?

          Also yes.

          In the context of bigotry, phobia is used to refer to invalidating or undermining ones sexuality, gender identity, etc.

          That is the outcome of the irrational fear people feel towards those people.

          Someone attracted to trans people because they are trans would be transphilic, not transphobic.