Meanings
- no pluralnonce wordrareuncountableusuallyThe killing of a transgender person or transgender people collectively because of their gender, especially when motivated by transphobia.
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2015 March 11, Erick Chavarria, “Oakland Voices: Transgendercide of women of color drives young trans woman to take her own life”, in Daily Democrat2 more examples
At the march, protesters held handmade signs denouncing the murder of Ms. Sacayán, 40, one of the most prominent transgender activists in Argentina. She led a group that fights discrimination against transgender people and was a regional representative of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. On the street, someone had stenciled graffiti that read, “Basta de travesticidios,” or “Enough transgendercide.”
2015 November 29, Jonathan Gilbert, “Transgender Argentines Confront Continued Murder and Discrimination”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2023This article has exposed how the transdanger presence in the performing arts in Brazil is more than just a new aesthetic form, but a necessary political turn in favour of protecting transgender people from unbridled transgendercide.
2021 October, Dodi T. B. Leal, “Gender in Danger: Transdanger People in Performing Arts in Brazil”, in Theatre Research International, volume 46, number 3, →DOI, pages 404–405
Origin
- Spanishtravesticidio“travesticide”
- Englishtransgendercide
From transgender + -cide, by analogy with genocide, homicide, femicide, etc. In some uses, a calque of Spanish travesticidio (“travesticide”).
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French transcide, transgenricide
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Portuguese transgenerocídio, transgenericídio
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Spanish transgenerocidio, transgenericidio
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Cite this entry
transgendercide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transgendercide
“transgendercide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transgendercide. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transgendercide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transgendercide.
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