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trans panic defenses

trans panic defenses is the plural of trans panic defense.

Meaning of trans panic defense

Noun

trans panic defense (plural trans panic defenses)

  1. (informal) A claim of self-defense against an unwanted transgender sexual advance.
    • The “trans panic defense” is an outgrowth of the “gay panic defense” that was first articulated by Edward J. Kempf, a clinical psychiatrist who wished to identify a particular mental disorder related to homosexuality.2022, Loren Cannon, The Politicization of Trans Identity, page 99

Questions about trans panic defenses

What is trans panic defenses the plural of?
Trans panic defenses is the plural of trans panic defense.

Words near trans panic defenses in the dictionary

  1. trans males
  2. trans man
  3. trans men
  4. trans panic
  5. trans panic defense
  6. trans panic defenses
  7. trans patient
  8. trans patients
  9. trans people
  10. trans person
  11. trans persons

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