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trans-erasure

trans-erasure noun: the tendency to ignore, deny, or minimize the existence of transgender people or transness.

Noun

trans-erasure (uncountable)

  1. The tendency to ignore, deny, or minimize the existence of transgender people or transness.
    • While all minority voices are silenced to varying extents—usually by being denied access to media and economic and political power—there are several aspects of trans-erasure that make it particularly extensive.2007, Julie Serano, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity, Seal Press, →ISBN, page 189
    • Even on the right, trans-erasure in legislation had been happening for a while. The re-purposing of DOMA, or Defense of Marriage Act, first proposed in 1996, specifically denied legislation recognizing the nuance in transsexual marriage, where one partner had their gender reassigned after the...2013, Ely Grinfeld, "Gay marriage fails to make all feel 'gay'", The Current (Eckerd Collage, St. Petersburg, Florida), Volume 4, Issue 11, 19 April 2013, page 9

Examples of trans-erasure in a sentence

  • Even on the right, trans-erasure in legislation had been happening for a while.2013, Ely Grinfeld, "Gay marriage fails to make all feel 'gay'", The Current (Eckerd Collage, St. Petersburg, Florida), Volume 4, Issue 11...
  • By not reporting the actual issues related to the trans community, you are actively contributing to trans-erasure.2014, Tina W., comment published in "Furor Erupts Over Cathy Brennan and Gender Identity Watch", South Florida Gay News, Volume 5, Issue 8...

Origin of trans-erasure

From trans- + erasure.

Questions about trans-erasure

What does trans-erasure mean?
Trans-erasure means the tendency to ignore, deny, or minimize the existence of transgender people or transness.
How do you use trans-erasure in a sentence?
Even on the right, trans-erasure in legislation had been happening for a while.
What part of speech is trans-erasure?
Trans-erasure is a noun.

Words near trans-erasure in the dictionary

  1. Trans-Dniester
  2. trans-Earth injection
  3. trans-endocytoses
  4. trans-endocytosis
  5. trans-equatorial
  6. trans-erasure
  7. trans-exclusionary
  8. trans-fat
  9. trans-fats
  10. trans-female
  11. trans-friendly

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