transactivism
transactivism noun: activism in support of transgender people and issues relevant to them, such as ending discrimination, violence, and prejudice.
Noun
transactivism (uncountable)
- Activism in support of transgender people and issues relevant to them, such as ending discrimination, violence, and prejudice.
- In addition, some early readers have come away with the conviction that in-your-face picketing-style transactivism originated with the Menace.1997, Riki Anne Wilchins, Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender, page 14
- In retrospect, there’s no doubt this was a turning point for transactivism. It was the first really visible national demonstration we ever pulled off.2003, anonymous, quoted in Patrick Califia, Sex Changes: Transgender Politics, page 232
Origin of transactivism
From trans- + activism.
Questions about transactivism
- What does transactivism mean?
- Transactivism means activism in support of transgender people and issues relevant to them, such as ending discrimination, violence, and prejudice.
- What part of speech is transactivism?
- Transactivism is a noun.
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