Since his coronation, Pope Francis has become something of an unexpected hero of the Left. A poll released last year showed that around 75 percent of liberals view him favorably. He has made some surprisingly progressive comments over the years. He's criticized the evil of capitalism. He's encouraged compassion towards refugees and migrants. And perhaps most famously, he stated that he does not wish to judge gay people for being gay.

It is good that the Pope has said these things. But occasionally saying something progressive does not mean you cannot be problematic. And indeed, if you look at Pope Francis's record, he is quite simply not progressive at all.

First, Pope Francis is incredibly misogynist. His hatred of women extends back to his pre-papal days. In a 2007 speech in Argentina, he remarked, "women are naturally unfit for political office. Both the natural order and facts show us that the political being par excellence is male," and that, "the Scripture shows us that woman has always been the helper of man who thinks and does, but nothing more."

The Pope has also stated that the role of women is simply to be mothers. In 2013, he told a group of nuns that, "the consecrated woman is a mother, must be a mother and not an old maid." More recently, he has argued that a woman choosing not to have children is "selfish." Pope Francis's statements are hilariously hypocritical, as he himself is unmarried and does not have children. However, the man has described hitting children as "beautiful" and continues to protect priests who have sexually abused children. So maybe it's a good thing he doesn't have kids of his own.

Second, Pope Francis has refused to lift the Church's ban on artificial contraception. He has instead encouraged couples to use ineffective natural methods of contraception. The fact that the Church continues to be against the very use of condoms in 2016 is astounding. He has also criticized even teaching about safe sex in schools. Last month, he wrote that teaching kids about safe sex was "narcissistic" and that instead sex education should focus on teaching "modesty."

Finally, Pope Francis is not the queer-friendly Pope people think he is. In 2013, Pope Francis was named The Advocate's"Person of the Year." In the years since, he has proved how undeserving he is of that award.

He has stated that the Church will never recognize gay unions. He has also remarked that a child has a “right to grow up in a family with a father and a mother." Moreover, he has endorsed conversion therapy for gay people, arguing that gay people should receive "assistance" to make them straight. Pope Francis is like the polite homophobe, who says he's "fine" with gay people but just "disagrees with their lifestyle."

Most notably, Pope Francis is extremely transphobic. The comments he has made about my community are absolutely disgusting. Last year, he compared trans people's existence to the threat of nuclear weapons.

Last month, he released a document "on the family" in which he argued that trans people just had to learn how to "accept" their bodies as "they were created." As a trans person who has suffered from intense gender dysphoria, this statement makes me furious. I tried for years to just "accept" my body to the point where I was suicidal because of it. Pope Francis's inability to look beyond his cis privilege is utterly disgusting.

None of this discounts the good things Pope Francis has said and done. But we should remember who he is. He is not a progressive hero, he is a bigot who has consistently shown that he is unwilling to look beyond his own privilege.