Talk:Transphobia

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"Transgender people of color can experience many different forms of discrimination simultaneously."

I think this line needs some work. It ridiculously implies that not everyone can experience many different forms of discrimination simultaneously. Uchiha Itachi 25 (talk) 23:52, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't think it is saying that at all. Nothing in this wording precludes other people also experiencing different forms of discrimination simultaneously. Saying A experiences X does not preclude B also experiencing X. It is perfectly reasonable to only mention A in the article about A and only mention B in the article about B. What we have here is a statement about transgender people of colour which doesn't say or imply anything about anybody else. As you say, it would be ridiculous to imply that trans people of colour are the only group where multiple different discriminations can intersect. It is pretty obvious to me that no such implication is being made. --DanielRigal (talk) 02:12, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

To avoid any confusion or offense, I reworded the article to appear more neutral. ChillyDude153198 (talk) 20:16, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Too focused on American transphobia?

I feel like this article tends to focus too heavily on transphobia in the United States compared to other countries. A few other countries are briefly mentioned in this section and I added a short section about an anti-trans law in Russia but apart from that it primarily focuses on US transphobia, the manifestations and consequences section in particular. Especially considering there already is an article for US transphobia specifically. Maybe adding statistics for other countries (such as in the UK) could be a good way to fix this?

NotAmira (talk) 23:00, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia is a collaborative effort, so please go ahead and WP:BOLDLY help to globalize the article with relevant reliable sources. Raladic (talk) 01:25, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

I have added a template whilst making an edit to state that the article needs to touch on more countries globally. ChillyDude153198 (talk) 20:16, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

How exactly is the message on the bus transphobic?

Although it can be seen as anti-trans, it is clearly not transphobic as it is clearly saying that "Boys have a penis. Girls have a vulva. Don't let them deceive you. If you're born a man, you are a man. If you're a woman, you'll keep being one.". It clearly states one side of the debate on a topic and we can't just call everything we don't like transphobic, racist, etc. It has to be neutral. It's like going on a topic like abortion and calling an anti abortion person a woman hater. Cormio (talk) 14:24, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

I'll try to respond to that. If I say "People of African descent deserved to be enslaved" am I merely taking up one side of a debate? There are a few who would agree with the "just debating" perspective, but the vast majority would label that as hate speech without hesitation. When a person's "just debating" statement serves to suppress the freedoms of others it comes across as more than "just debating" to the people whose freedoms have been denied. —Quantling (talk | contribs) 14:49, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

That's completely different though. The issue of racism, as in whether it should exist or shouldn't isn't a debate anymore and we have mainly reached a consensus on that, but on issues like trans politics it's an ongoing debate where both sides haven't had any consensus. The said sign on the bus didn't say anything to individual trans people, it was more of a message to show their stance on that issue. And besides, saying "people of African descent deserved to be enslaved" can be considered racist since obviously slavery isn't different for Africans and for any other races, but in the bus it states something that is a fact, born males do have penises and born females indeed do have vulvas. Cormio (talk) 15:08, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

The lead of this article currently states "Transphobia consists of negative attitudes, feelings, or actions towards transgender people or transness in general." The sign on the bus clearly meets the definition of transphobia. And you are misstating the message, it does not say "born males have penises" nor "born females have vulvas". Funcrunch (talk) 15:23, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

This is quite literally a matter of life and death; transgender people are murdered or are suicides at a much higher rate than the general population. If differentiating a marginalized person serves to help that person (e.g. a doctor who is proposing treatments may need to know both the current gender and the gender assigned at birth, might need to know genetic (racial) ancestry, etc.) then that's good. If it is merely "neutral" then you have to ask yourself why you are saying it, because it is literally a matter of life and death if your "neutral" statement is easily interpreted as hostile. If you can find a way to avoid them, I plead with you to avoid these "neutral" statements.

As a general rule, people have reached consensus that hating people for who they are is hate. Yes, someone who beats or robs you, etc. can be faulted for what they have done, but transgender people aren't doing anything to harm you, they're just trying to live their lives as openly as anyone else. Bothering them with these "neutral" statements is of no help to anyone, but too easily leads to discrimination and death. —Quantling (talk | contribs) 15:27, 24 June 2024 (UTC)