Transfemicide
//ˌtɹænsˈfɛ.mɪ.saɪd// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The killing of a trans woman because of her gender identity, especially when motivated by transmisogyny. countable, uncountable
"When Monica Loera was shot to death near our North Austin home on January 22, her murder became the first of the nation's twenty-seven trans* homicides and the first of Texas's four transfemicides."
Example
More examples"When Monica Loera was shot to death near our North Austin home on January 22, her murder became the first of the nation's twenty-seven trans* homicides and the first of Texas's four transfemicides."
Etymology
From trans- + femicide.
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