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This is transphobia – plain and simple. The dictionary definition – from Oxford Dictionaries for those who say ‘It’s not a real word…it’s not a phobia…a phobia is like being afraid of spiders.’ – is ‘Intense dislike of or prejudice against transsexual or transgender people.’
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TRANSPHOBIC HATE CRIME
AND HARASSMENT
A Personal Account
Nell Stockton
CONTENT1. What is transphobia?2. When transphobia came
knocking3. The Police Response4. Community Response5. Tales of the Unexpected
WHAT IS TRANSPHOBIAThis is transphobia – plain and simple.
The dictionary definition – from Oxford Dictionaries for those who say ‘It’s not a real word…it’s not a phobia…a phobia is like being afraid of spiders.’ – is ‘Intense dislike of or prejudice against transsexual or transgender people.’
EXPLANATIONS & EXCUSES 1
DENIAL
EXPLANATIONS & EXCUSES 2
SELF PROTECTION - TRANS WOMEN ARE DECEITFUL PREDATORS TRYING TO TRAP MENA scene from the movie The Crying Game
EXPLANATIONS & EXCUSES 3
PROTECTING THE ‘VULNERABLE’The toilet/changing room as a place for trans people to prey particularly women and girls
EXPLANATIONS & EXCUSES 4
RELIGION
EXPLANATIONS & EXCUSES 5
TRANS PEOPLE ARE MENTALLY ILL
EXPLANATIONS & EXCUSES 6
TRANS PEOPLE ARE NARCISSISTIC
EXPLANATIONS & EXCUSES 7
TRANS PEOPLE ARE SEXUAL FETISHISTS
It’s not a selfie!!!!
EXPLANATIONS & EXCUSES 8
TRANS PEOPLE CAN’T BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
EXPLANATIONS AND EXCUSES 9
REVULSION
THE RESULT –
TRANSPHOBIA
WHEN TRANSPHOBIA CAME KNOCKING
THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE RESPONSE
THE MEDIA RESPONSE
The Daily Mail Feature Barnsley Chronicle
THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE
TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED
REWARDS
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