transphobia
Americannoun
Sensitive Note
See homophobia.
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Etymology
Origin of transphobia
First recorded in 1990–95; trans(gender) + -phobia
Example Sentences
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When I’m talking about transphobia, I’m not talking to trans people.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
“They’re not boys. I’m not going to listen to transphobia at this table,” commentator Jay Michaelson, a frequent critic of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and policy, interjected.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2024
LGBTQ+ resources and events “were like a counter-force to the examples of homophobia and transphobia that would pop up,” said Darius Longarino, senior fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024
I hope that all of us, cis people included, meet the crisis of transphobia that is happening interpersonally and politically right now with firm resistance.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024
Posting on X, formerly Twitter,, external the MP said: "The Labour Party placed me under investigation last year under allegation - which I strenuously denied - of antisemitism and transphobia."
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2024
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