interphobia
nounEtymology intersex + -phobia.
1
Fear, dislike, or hatred of intersexual people and/or intersexuality.
- Behrensen condemns the practice of targeting certain athletes and subjecting them to the indignity and humiliation of a procedure that has no bearing on athletic ability and that further violates privacy in the service of accommodating interphobia.2017, Thomas Keith, Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture: An Intersectional Approach to the Complexities and Challenges of Male Identity, page 283:
- I knew those attitudes were out there, but I'd already learned that I had to reject the racism I'd experienced as a child, and the homophobia later on, so it seemed natural to also reject the interphobia I saw directed at intersex people.2018, August McLaughlin, Girl Boner: The Good Girl's Guide to Sexual Empowerment, unnumbered page:
1 more example
- Many intersex people and intersex studies scholars note how various oppressive systems—interphobia, heterosexism, phallogocentrism, queerphobia, as well as compulsory dyadism, heterosexuality, and able-bodiedness—work together to justify curative violence.2021, Rohini Bannerjee, Karim Mukhida, From Band-Aids to Scalpels: Motherhood Experiences in/of Medicine, Demeter Press, →ISBN:
- Synonyms
- intersexphobia, intersexism
- Coordinate terms
- transphobia, cisphobia, homophobia, biphobia, heterophobia