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(Anonymous) 2014-03-30 08:52 am (UTC)(link)My thought is that it's because the asterisk makes the term more general so it can refer to any person who is transsexual. Pretty much it becomes a wildcard where the asterisk can be used to represent anything after the word "trans". But trans itself has a particular meaning to it. I could see where it could be transphobic, but not for that reason. It's more for the "oh, if I put an asterisk I don't have to worry about accidentally causing offense with the wrong term" so people can be lazy and not bother trying to understand the person and what they truly identify as.
What I don't get is why someone would add an asterisk to trans woman or transphobia. Trans* is supposed to be a general term, and those two words are more specific words. Is it like trans* woman? Because to me typing it like that is up there with stuff like ATM machine and PIN number. It's redundant except the redundancy isn't outright stated.