Sociology / Unit 7 Soc 1106 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Homophobia and Transphobia, Distinguished
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The idea
Homophobia is an aversion to gay or lesbian people; transphobia is an aversion to transgender people — two distinct prejudices, often paired but not identical.
In practice
A person can hold one without the other, since the aversions target orientation and identity, which are separate categories.
Where people slip
Both terms describe an attitude or its enactment, and per CD-4 neither substitutes for the institutional term heterosexism.
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