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trans panic defense

noun

Etymology

Modelled on the earlier gay panic defense.

Definitions

  1. 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.

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