Definition of transphobia
: irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against transgender or transsexual people
- We're also seeing historic levels of transphobia—discrimination, hate speech and violent, even fatal attacks on transgender women and men.
- —Terry O'Neill, The Huffington Post, 8 Sept. 2014
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transphobic
play \ˌtran(t)s-ˈfō-bik, ˌtranz-\ adjective-
- transphobic comments
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- … people fleeing homophobic or transphobic persecution.
- —Mary O'Hara, The Guardian (London), 16 July 2014
