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.
