The way society apportions money gave a whole class of people confidence beyond their knowledge in all matters.
"Wow they are rich, they must be really smart."
Transphobia is a tailor-made bigotry for that class (and of course for their imitators, people cosplaying wealth/success).
@nora.zonetransphobes don't actually have opinions on science, they just think they're so enlightened that their beliefs must be inherently scientific