Trans bashing is the act of
victimizing a person physically, sexually, or verbally because they are
transgender or
transsexual. Unlike
gay bashing, it is committed because of the target's actual or perceived
gender identity, not
sexual orientation. However, a trans person may be gay bashed if the person perceives them as gay rather than transgender. The term has also been applied to
hate speech directed at transgender people and at depictions of transgender people in the media that reinforce negative stereotypes about them.