Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2015

Publication Title

Albany Law Review

Volume

78

Pages

927-972

Abstract

[Introduction] A woman sits on a stage and tells a talk show host that a man who has "liked" many of her pictures on Instagram has wanted to meet her for a month, but it had not yet happened because they live in different parts of the country. He called the talk show in order to facilitate their meeting, and she obliged. However, she tells the talk show host: "But he doesn't know my secret." When the host asks her what it is, she replies that she is transgender, to which the audience makes loud "ooooooh" noises. She says that because she never planned on meeting this man, she had not been taking their interaction seriously, but she would have told him that she was transgender if he had asked her.

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ORCID

0000-0002-3005-4726 (Panfil)

Original Publication Citation

Wodda, A., & Panfil, V. R. (2015). "Don't talk to me about deception": The necessary erosion of the trans-panic defense. Albany Law Review, 78, 927-972.

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