A person that
feels uncomfortable and lacks a rational understanding or revulsion of people with
transgender people, especially those with a real diagnosis of gender dysphoria (distress caused by the discrepancy between a person's physical
gender and their gender identity).
There are as many different transphobic types of people as there are
transgender people. Some transphobic individuals have a real
fear and negative emotional reaction to transgender people, whereas others have a more outward hatred and
rage towards transgender people. Many people who are considered transphobic have had little contact with transgender people and so may act stupidly, make light of the encounter by joking or teasing, or lack political correctness, or make insensitive comments but are not clinically transphobic. Some transphobic people claim it is immoral, social perversion, a
ruse for voyeuristic people, or claim it is against their
religion to rationalize their transphobic behavior. Many transphobic people can quickly learn more about gender dysphoria and to accept it without responding negatively.
