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Etymology edit

Blend of transmisogyny +‎ misogynoir, from trans- +‎ misogyny + French noir (black); coined on the site Gradient Lair in 2014.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌtɹanz.mɪˈsɒd͡ʒ.ɪˌnwɑː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌtɹænz.mɪˈsɑd͡ʒ.ɪˌnwɑɹ/

Noun edit

transmisogynoir (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against black trans women.
    • 2017, Kevin L. Nadal, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender, SAGE Publications, →ISBN:
      When Black American transgender women contend with these dynamics, they experience transmisogynoir, the interactive product of anti-Blackness, transphobia, and sexism.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:transmisogynoir.

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References edit

  1. ^ “Explanation of Misogynoir”, in Gradient Lair[1], Trudy, 2015 October 5 (last accessed), archived from the original on 12 May 2018