transphobia

noun

trans·pho·bia ˌtran(t)s-ˈfō-bē-ə

ˌtranz-

: irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against transgender people

Homophobia and transphobia are still major issues among LGBTQ youth, who are at higher risk for verbal harassment by classmates …—

Erica Lenti

compare homophobia

transphobic

ˌtran(t)s-ˈfō-bik

ˌtranz-

adjective

transphobic views

Examples of transphobia in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The 2024 Republican National Convention has come and gone, leaving in its wake reports of a Grindr outage, a blown kiss from Hulk Hogan to Donald Trump, and a truly staggering, beyond embarrassing amount of transphobia. —

Samantha Riedel, Them, 19 July 2024 Connected to this blatant Republican transphobia and homophobia is the insinuation or insistence that gay and trans people are immoral. —

Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024 The hateful rhetoric is rooted in both misogyny and transphobia, and its use in this case is especially ironic, because Khelif is a cisgender woman. —

Sara Radin, Glamour, 9 Aug. 2024 But in truth, there is no evidence for these claims — only the ever-present specter of transphobia and anti-intersex hate in sports. —

Samantha Riedel, Them, 2 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for transphobia

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