transphobic
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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In 2023, she said criticism of her appointment as chief executive of Endometriosis South Coast was "transphobic" and she was a "passionate" women's health campaigner.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Denver Quarterly evidently bars material that lays bare social evils, since “we do not tolerate submissions that contain hate speech, bigotry, discrimination, or racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, or ableist language or violence of any kind.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
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 • Oct. 10, 2025
Years after taking heat from viewers and employees for backing Dave Chappelle’s transphobic specials, Netflix is now facing down a stream of online rage for being too pro-trans, apparently.
From Slate • Oct. 3, 2025
Some LGBTQ+ critics have called out “Emilia Pérez” for its transphobic tropes, reductive storyline and cisgender perspective about transness.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025
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