transphobic
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Within hours, colleagues denounced me as a “transphobic” bigot.
In 2021, transphobic remarks made by comedian Dave Chappelle in his special “The Closer” led to protests, walkouts and even a resignation of a trans employee.
From Los Angeles Times
The streamer followed that in 2022 by releasing a comedy special from Ricky Gervais that also featured transphobic material.
From Los Angeles Times
I know firsthand how ravenous people were with that game’s release: I posted online that I’d worked on the game without any specifics and was very quickly targeted with abuse ranging from exaggerated transphobic caricatures to violent punishment-fantasy emails to disturbing content being spammed in my livestream chats.
From Slate
Weiss’ identity as a lesbian doesn’t negate the harm she has done by amplifying voices hostile to trans people, giving oxygen to transphobic rhetoric and framing bigotry as reasoned dissent.
From Salon
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