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trans panic defense

noun

trans panic defense

noun

Etymology Modelled on the earlier gay panic defense.

1

Law Informal A claim of self-defense against an unwanted transgender sexual advance.

  • The “trans panic defense” is an outgrowth of the “gay panic defense” that was first articulated by Edward J. Kempf, a clinical psychiatrist who wished to identify a particular mental disorder related to homosexuality.2022, Loren Cannon, The Politicization of Trans Identity, page 99:
Related terms
trans panic, gay panic defense

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