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[–]strictly 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Is anything transphobia?

If I have a company and fire someone just for taking cross-sex hormones that would transphobic. Trans people have the same human rights as other people so denying them these rights for being trans would be transphobic.

[–]peakingatthemomentTranssexual (natal male), HSTS[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Happy to hear that! If you were an employer and you chose not to hire someone, even though they were the most qualified, because you knew or suspected they were trans, would that also be transphobic?

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    [–]MezozoicGaygay male 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    If someone is trans and they are just a regular person and did good work, I'd absolutely want to work with them. But what about hiring someone who is trans who I suspect is an AGP fetishist (again legally it is all the same, even though to me and probably you that person is trans-identified, not trans) - Is it transphobic of me to not want to work with someone who could be an open fetishist? I'd say no, but it was because of a negative perception of transpeople as a group that made me skeptical and look for signs. I think it's fair to say it would then be transphobic of me not to hire them. Or that transphobia played into the decision at least. I know that isn't the same as saying all transpeople are fetishists but I would say no "transphobic" people today say that either.

    I saw similar explanation few times, but not aboug fetishism, but about narcissism.

    That hiring on work someone who is all time focusing on themselves is bad for work environment, can decrease work capabilities and mood of others, can make good specialists leave, can be very problematic in many other cases.