Contemporary Issues in Transphobic Hate and Prejudice

Ben Colliver is an Associate Professor of Criminology at Birmingham City University, UK.Jane C. Healy is a Visiting Fellow in Criminology at Bournemouth University, UK.Katie McBride is a Criminologist and Associate Head of School at the University of Plymouth, UK.Gina Gwenffrewi is a lecturer and researcher in culture and media through the prism of Trans and Queer Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

• 1. Introduction: Naming Violence, Resisting Erasure – Transphobia and the Politics of Hate Section One: Understanding Identities and Transphobia 2. Transgressing social ‘norms’: Understanding transphobia and hostility against gender-diverse communities 3. Anti-trans activism: an overview 4. An intersectional lens on the experiences of young transgender and non-binary people in the UK Section Two: Global Patterns in Policy and Practice 5. Prison abolition and the case of CeCe McDonald 6. Addressing jury stigma towards transgender victims of hate crimes 7. Transphobic hate crime in illiberal democracies: A case study of Poland 8. Fatal transgender hate crimes in America: Accounts from a newly established transgender homicides database 9. A cross-sectional study on transphobia, compassion and crime perception in Germany Section Three: Space, Place & Transphobia 10. Occupational hazards: The silent violence experienced by trans women at work 11. "A storm is coming": Deconstructing Doxxing 12. Microaggressions, prejudice, and harm: Perceptions and experiences of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals on Grindr Section Four: Discourse, Representation and Construction 13. Isla Bryson and the burden of representation: inflammatory media coverage of trans women in the U.K. in 2023 14. "Bloody pronouns": Transphobic online hate since the proposed amendments to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) 2018 15. Concluding thoughts: intersecting identity, risk and harm for trans communities