That's the general definition. When you put it into a social context like homophobia and transphobia it can be more than fear. Transphobia (or much less commonlytransprejudice) is a range of antagonistic attitudes and feelings against transsexualityand transsexual or transgender people, based on the expression of their internal gender identity (see Phobia – Terms for prejudice). Researchers describe transphobia as emotional disgust, fear, anger or discomfort felt or expressed towards people who do not conform to society's gender expectations,