Table 1.

Intersectionality and Transgender Women Living with HIV: Key Definitions

Term	Definition
Oppression	The systematic and ongoing denial of one group's access to the resources of society by another group (p. 6).17
Internalized HIV-related stigma	The degree to which people living with HIV endorse negative beliefs and feelings driven by society about themselves (p. 1163).21
Enacted HIV-related stigma	Subtle or overt forms of discrimination as a result of one's HIV status (p. 1163).21
Anticipated HIV-related stigma	The degree to which people living with HIV believe they will experience prejudice and discrimination from others in the future (p. 1163).21
Cisnormativity	The sociocultural assumptions and expectations that all people are cis-sexual and/or have a cisgender body (p. 356).33
Sexism	The belief in the inherent superiority of one sex and thereby the right to dominance (p. 45).19
Transmisogyny	The ridiculing or dismissal of a transgender person not merely for failing to live up to gender norms, but for their expressions of femaleness or femininity (p. 14).28
Gender nonconformity stigma	Stigma or discrimination of cisgender and transgender women who have a masculine/masculine-of-center gender presentation.34
Racism	The belief in the inherent superiority of one race and thereby the right to dominance (p. 45).19