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Author: 69BookWorM69

Aug 17th 2013 at 10:00:33 PM

^ As to why transphobia is included under homophobia,  see  the comment by Paradisesnake of 2013-07-30 01:40:01 above (quoting Wikipedia on the subject, about 36 replies above this one) and the trope TransEqualsGay. We could have two pages, but I'm not sure this one will get launched, and I think two pages would be a heavier lift.

I have put gender non-conformity tropes in the same folder as transgender tropes because the appearance issues are similar; as I understand it, a big issue for transgender people (youth particularly) is the tendency of some people to fail to recognize the gender identity trans people assert for themselves (school  and security officials insisting on using birth name and requiring their gender to match that assigned at birth). Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't appearance key to that, especially for people who transition after experiencing puberty?

I've been considering opening each of the folders with a sentence or two outlining the specific stereotypes against each group. Would such an explanatory intro help? I could also split transgender and gender non-conformity into two folders, though that will likely mean some repetition (putting UnsettlingGenderReveal in both places, for instance).