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(New page: '''Transphobia''' is a hatred or fear of transgender people, that is self-defined women in men's bodies or men in women's bodies. Transgendered people are often persecuted. Many peopl...)
 
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Transgendered people are often persecuted. Many people feel that being transgendered is a violation of some "divine order" or "the way things are". Bashing of trans-people can include different forms of aggression, from ridiculing to serious crimes such as rape or murder.
 
Transgendered people are often persecuted. Many people feel that being transgendered is a violation of some "divine order" or "the way things are". Bashing of trans-people can include different forms of aggression, from ridiculing to serious crimes such as rape or murder.
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Revision as of 16:49, 18 May 2009

Transphobia is a hatred or fear of transgender people, that is self-defined women in men's bodies or men in women's bodies.

Transgendered people are often persecuted. Many people feel that being transgendered is a violation of some "divine order" or "the way things are". Bashing of trans-people can include different forms of aggression, from ridiculing to serious crimes such as rape or murder.