Glossary

In this tool, ‘abuse’ constitutes behaviours that assert power and control over various transgender identity groups that constitute a minority and marginal social group. Abusive behaviours exist on a spectrum and can take a variety of forms.

Acronym for assigned female at birth. This is a test link

is a form of psychological manipulation and emotional abuse wherein the abuser leads the victim to question their reality and sanity. Includes actions such as victim-blaming

involves the partial or total removal of the external genitalia or injury of external genitalia for non-medical reasons. This is often performed on assigned female at birth and intersex children and is more commonly referred to as female genital mutilation

Refers to attitudes, behaviours, or systems that combine transphobia and misogyny, specifically targeting trans women and trans feminine individuals. This form of oppression is rooted in the intersection of anti-transgender prejudice and the devaluation of femininity, often manifesting as discrimination, harassment, violence, or systemic exclusion. Transmisogyny disproportionately impacts trans women and trans feminine people, reinforcing patriarchal norms and gender hierarchies by punishing those who deviate from traditional gender expectations. It is a key concept in understanding the unique forms of violence and marginalization faced by trans women and trans feminine individuals.

Having or showing a dislike of or strong prejudice against transgender people.

Institutional stigma is systemic discrimination embedded in the laws, policies, or practices of societal institutions.

Intersex people are individuals born with sex characteristics including chromosome patterns, gonads, hormones or genitals that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female anatomy.

Infanticide refers to the killing of a child aged less than a year.

Relating to or embedded within an entire system, affecting how its structures, processes, and relationships function.

Cisgender (or cis) people identify with the gender that they were assigned at birth.

Neonatacide refers to the act of killing the child within the first 24 hours of birth**.**