Transmisandry
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Transmisandry is a noun meaning (LGBTQ, neologism) Hatred of or contempt for trans men.
Meaning
(LGBTQ, neologism) Hatred of or contempt for trans men.
Example Sentences
Transmisogyny and transmisandry are asymmetrical types of violence. Any claim of transmisandry which is used to vilify trans women and other assigned male at birth trans people should be heavily interrogated if not simply dismissed outright.
The other thing I want to say isn’t about race/ethnicity, but I did want to say it. I know that transmisandry happens. But I think that to treat transmisogyny and transmisandry as equal problems is as broken as treating sexism and “reverse sexism” as equal problems.
A Black trans-of-color critique shows that we need theories not only for thinking about how trans women of color navigate but also for racialized transmisandry, to explain the ways in which Black trans masculine persons live in a sphere of literal and discursive policing […]
Also, I probably shouldn't ask, and will thus look into it myself, but apparently "transmisogyny" is a thing, separate from transphobia... I guess it's easy to imagine that perhaps transwomen have all the problems of transmen, plus having to conform to beauty standards and all that. I guess? Or is it simply that they have distinct problems (in 99% of sports, no one is going to say a transman has an unfair advantage), so transmen's problems fall under... transmisandry?
Synonyms for transmisandry
Depending on context, synonyms include anti-transmasculinity.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include transmisogyny, transmisogynoir, transmisia, trans-misogynist, transmisogynist, transmisiac.
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