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/ˌtɹænsˈfɛ.mɪ.saɪd/ · noun
The killing of a trans woman because of her gender identity, especially when motivated by transmisogyny..
When Monica Loera was shot to death near our North Austin home on January 22, her murder became the first of the nation's twenty-seven trans* homicides and the first of Texas's four transfemicides.
In recent years, contemporary protest movements such as NiUnaMenos (NotOne[Woman]Less) have drawn attention to the country's rising number of femicides, a category that in Argentina includes transvesticides and transfemicides.
At the same time, it enables higher levels of sexist violence in society, with its wake of femicides, transvesticides, transfemicides and other hate crimes.
Use transfemicide when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Transfemicide means The killing of a trans woman because of her gender identity, especially when motivated by transmisogyny..
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When Monica Loera was shot to death near our North Austin home on January 22, her murder became the first of the nation's twenty-seven trans* homicides and the first of Texas's four transfemicides.
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