This is the kind of thing that makes perfect sense if you only think about it in the abstract without actually talking to trans women Because, of course, the reality is pre-transition transbians get called gay for actually LIKING and WANTING TO HANG OUT WITH women, instead of merely coveting them
Winter"Trans women who like girls didn't get homophobic abuse when they were children because they were perceived as straight boys" I can see how a person would think that, but it sure wasn't my experience.