Interphobia

Quick meaning: Interphobia is a noun meaning Fear, dislike, or hatred of intersexual people and/or intersexuality.

Meaning

Fear, dislike, or hatred of intersexual people and/or intersexuality.

Example Sentences

I knew those attitudes were out there, but I'd already learned that I had to reject the racism I'd experienced as a child, and the homophobia later on, so it seemed natural to also reject the interphobia I saw directed at intersex people.

Behrensen condemns the practice of targeting certain athletes and subjecting them to the indignity and humiliation of a procedure that has no bearing on athletic ability and that further violates privacy in the service of accommodating interphobia.

Many intersex people and intersex studies scholars note how various oppressive systems—interphobia, heterosexism, phallogocentrism, queerphobia, as well as compulsory dyadism, heterosexuality, and able-bodiedness—work together to justify curative violence.

Synonyms for interphobia

Depending on context, synonyms include intersexphobia, intersexism.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include intersexphobia, cisphobia, genophobia, intersexual, incestophobia, transphobia.

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