Citations:trans widow

Noun: "a trans woman whose spouse has died"

 * 2013, Anna Waugh, "Court to hear trans widow ' s appeal", Dallas Voice, 13 September 2013, page 22:
 * Nikki Araguz seeks to have marriage to late husband recognized in what advocates call 'incredibly important' case for transgender rights
 * 2014, "Texas Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Trans Widow", Florida Agenda, 19 February 2014, page 9
 * 2015, Anna Waugh, "Texas marriage cases stall in state, federal courts", Dallas Voice, 30 May 2014, page 9:
 * Trans widow Nikki Araguz won her battle in February to have her marriage recognized to her deceased husband.
 * 2017, Lou Weaver, "Sheriff Reinstates LGBTQ Policies", OutSmart, July 2017, page 51:
 * Prior to Schmidt's initiative, transgender inmates had not been treated with compassion at the nation's third-largest jail, case of trans widow Nikki Araguz, who was booked into the facility using her birth name and placed in a solitary cell for 20 days.
 * 2021, Elaine O'Neill, "I’m a real trans widow – anyone saying their newly out trans partner is ‘dead’ disgusts me", Metro (UK), 31 July 2021:
 * If Helen were around, I feel she would be annoyed that I’m not able to describe myself as a real ‘trans widow’ because the term has been captured hatefully by a group who regard announcing that you are trans means you have expired.

Noun: "(gender-critical feminism) a cis woman who feels her marriage ended or is at risk of ending due to her spouse coming out as a trans woman"

 * 2012, Christine Benvenuto, Sex Changes: A Memoir of Marriage, Gender, and Moving On, unnumbered page:
 * When I began my public life as a transwidow, I knew who knew by the curious or pitying stares we got.
 * 2021, Helen Joyce, Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality, unnumbered page:
 * Tinsel now writes about trans widows for feminist websites, and publishes their stories online under pseudonyms.
 * 2021, Kathleen Stock, Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism, unnumbered page:
 * What the experiences of 'trans widows' of late-transitioning trans women are actually like, and what their own political needs are.
 * 2021, Holly Lawford-Smith, "A warning from Australia on the transgender debate", The Spectator, 12 February 2021:
 * Another implication of the bill is that ‘trans widows’ — women whose husbands abandon their marriages to live as women — could be guilty of an offence if they don’t affirm their spouses in their new identities.
 * 2021, Ewan Somerville, "'Trans widows' fear being trapped in loveless marriages if gender law changes", The Telegraph, 20 June 2021:
 * ‘Trans widows’ face being trapped in loveless marriages if their spouses no longer need their permission to change gender, MPs examining proposals to change the law have been warned.