See also: transwidow

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trans widow (plural trans widows)

  1. (gender-critical) A cis woman who feels her marriage ended or is at risk of ending due to her spouse coming out as a trans woman.
    • 2012, Christine Benvenuto, Sex Changes: A Memoir of Marriage, Gender, and Moving On, unnumbered page:
      When I began my public life as a transwidow, I knew who knew by the curious or pitying stares we got.
    • 2021, Helen Joyce, Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality, unnumbered page:
      Tinsel now writes about trans widows for feminist websites, and publishes their stories online under pseudonyms.
    • 2021, Kathleen Stock, Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism, unnumbered page:
      What the experiences of 'trans widows' of late-transitioning trans women are actually like, and what their own political needs are.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:trans widow.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see trans,‎ widow.

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