I asked this question on a subreddit about transgender issues and I immediately got labeled transphobic.

I asked this question after coming across an article by a transgender woman claiming that it’s impossible to be a transgender ally if you have a sexual preference against dating trans people. I was also called transphobic for saying that a man dating a transgender woman is not straight, he is considered pansexual.

I was also accused of being transphobic for insinuating that a transgender woman isn’t a woman. I later clarified that they are biologically male but transitioned into a woman, so yes, I refer to them as the pronoun they prefer to be called, but I still acknowledge that they were born biologically male. And that transitioning into the gender that they feel comfortable in, is something that I 100% support.

I’ve done a lot of soul searching the past couple of hours. I consider myself an LGBT ally and stunned to be accused of being transphobic. I was even permanently banned from the subreddit. What are your thoughts?