Talk:Nezha/@comment-43971659-20190929225411/@comment-195.206.183.243-20191102213403

"Trap" isn't transphobic and "Nezha is a trap" is a harmless joke (a joke that's done to death, but a joke nonetheless).

"Trap" is an affectionate anime term used to describe an effeminate male who likes to dress in women's clothes for some reason or other, they are reffered as such because because male characters (or the audience) may become attracted to them and then at the very last second they have the shocking reveal that the character they're attracted to is actually male.

"Trap" characters are usually just male characters who enjoy dressing as women (which makes them a transvestite at best, NOT a transexual) but very rarely they are actually dysphoric characters, even then the word "trap" is never used as a slur by the community who coined it.

TL;DR Not all traps are trans and assuming they are is ignorant at best and bigoted at worst (since it also implies that transexuals seek to 'trick' members of the opposite gender into believing they're something they aren't).