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transploitation

transploitation noun: the exploitation of transgender/transsexual people in the media (especially film and television).

Noun

transploitation (uncountable)

  1. The exploitation of transgender/transsexual people in the media (especially film and television).
    • Created by photographer Austin Young and Saskia Wilson-Brown, the series was first screened in 2007 as part of the Silver Lake Film Festival, and last week’s follow-up sought to probe the “transploitation” genre (as the creators have coined it) further, with short films and music videos by and...2009 December 9, Lina Lecaro, “Drag-Hagging With The Best Of 'Em”, in LA Weekly
    • […] and finally climaxing in a buckets-of-gore showdown in a suburban kitchen where a sexy bad guy is killed 42 ways to Sunday, this cheesy, way beyond camp "transploitation" snuff film has a truckload of chills and giggles.2010 July 8, David Lambe, “Queer eye for the gore fest”, in Bay Area Reporter, volume 40, number 27, page 22

Origin of transploitation

From trans + -sploitation.

Questions about transploitation

What does transploitation mean?
Transploitation means the exploitation of transgender/transsexual people in the media (especially film and television).
What part of speech is transploitation?
Transploitation is a noun.

Words near transploitation in the dictionary

  1. transpleurally
  2. transplice
  3. transpliced
  4. transplices
  5. transplicing
  6. transploitation
  7. transplutonium
  8. transpo
  9. transpolar
  10. transpolyisoprene
  11. transpolyisoprenes

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