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Descriptor English: Transphobia
Descriptor Spanish: Transfobia
Descriptor transfobia
Entry term(s) transfóbico
Scope note: Aversión, rechazo o temor patológico e irracional a la transexualidad, transgeneridad o travestismo, a personas transexuales, transgénero, travestis o que parecen serlo, o a sus manifestaciones. Al igual que la homofobia y la lesbofobia, la transfobia se expresa a través de la discriminación y a través de otras formas de violencia. En algunas sociedades, se puede observar incluso transfobia cultural, institucional, transfobia internalizada e interpersonal, entre otras. (Fuente: http://www.espolea.org/uploads/8/7/2/7/8727772/3.ddt-glosariodegenero.pdf)
Descriptor Portuguese: Transfobia
Descriptor French: Transphobie
Entry term(s): Transphobic
Tree number(s): SP3.311.900.686.593.268.500
Scope note: Pathological and irrational aversion, rejection or fear to transsexuality, transgenderism or transvestism, to transexual, transgender, transvestite persons or who seem to be one, or to its manifestations. Like homophobia and lesbophobia, transphobia expresses itself through discrimination and through other forms of violence. In some societies, one can even see cultural, institutional, internalized and interpersonal transphobia, among others. (Loose translation from the original: http://www.espolea.org/uploads/8/7/2/7/8727772/3.ddt-glosariodegenero.pdf)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
History Note: 2019
DeCS ID: 57440
Unique ID: DDCS057440
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Transphobia - Preferred
Concept UI FD00062134
Scope note Pathological and irrational aversion, rejection or fear to transsexuality, transgenderism or transvestism, to transexual, transgender, transvestite persons or who seem to be one, or to its manifestations. Like homophobia and lesbophobia, transphobia expresses itself through discrimination and through other forms of violence. In some societies, one can even see cultural, institutional, internalized and interpersonal transphobia, among others. (Loose translation from the original: http://www.espolea.org/uploads/8/7/2/7/8727772/3.ddt-glosariodegenero.pdf)
Preferred term Transphobia
Entry term(s) Transphobic



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