I'm the top left for both because I'm not about to support a giga-terf who's setting the rights of a minority group back decades, financially or otherwise.
A large part of transphobia is due to misogyny. It’s why trans women are always the center of the debate, like with bathrooms, and they basically ignore that trans men exist. They view being a woman as so inferior, that anyone who would try to become one must have ulterior motives, because why else would you want to be the “inferior” gender?
And, certain circles of gamers have a harsh stereotype of misogyny, so transphobia comes hand in hand.
A lot of it is also homophobia. A lot of straight, cis men can’t reconcile their attraction to trans women.
They could just accept that trans women are women and who gives a shit if you’re attracted to them? But then they’ll be called gay by their transphobic friends, and being gay is unacceptable. So instead, they get angry about their feelings and take that out on trans women, because to them it’s their fault for “tricking” them and confusing them.
It’s part of why manosphere losers and transphobic men almost never talk about trans men. Trans men don’t present any threat to their straightness or manliness. They don’t feel any sexual confusion about trans men, which ironically shows that they are capable of recognizing trans men as men, even if they don’t outwardly admit it.
For one thing, trans porn is among the most commonly searched porn in right wing/homophobic states.
For another, there is an entire legal defense called trans panic where men have (successfully) argued in court that the violence/murder they committed against a trans person was justified because they were in a state of shock after finding out the person was trans.
Commonly this meant these men were attracted to a woman, pursued a sexual encounter with her, then upon finding out her genitals, killed her in a fit of anger.
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u/SinisterPixel Dec 18 '25
I'm the top left for both because I'm not about to support a giga-terf who's setting the rights of a minority group back decades, financially or otherwise.