Transmisogyny

Quick meaning: Transmisogyny is a noun meaning (LGBTQ, neologism) Hatred of or contempt for trans women.

Meaning

(LGBTQ, neologism) Hatred of or contempt for trans women.

Example Sentences

I talk about “transmisogyny” in my book, which is the intersection of being trans and experiencing misogyny. As a trans woman, I don't just experience how our culture devalues femininity—I'm treated as a fake woman.

As to bisexual trans woman, in addition to all of the above, they are also subject to a whole other set of sexual harassment and violence as a result of transphobia and transmisogyny (this goes especially for trans women of color).

Later in the text, the author speaks directly with a street sex worker, describing her as a “pretty transgender teenager”, giving a counterpoint to the language earlier in the text—however this occurs well after the transmisogyny of the introductory paragraphs (Wane 2011, 69) …

The state is unable to provide equal protection and non-discrimination to those within its borders because the state itself enshrines white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and transmisogyny into its legal codes – a structure that operates through nonconsensual imposition, coercion […]

Word Forms

• trans-misogyny

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include transmisogynoir, misogyny, transmisandry, transphobia, transmisia, transmisogynist.

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