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The shame of Sheila Jeffreys’ hate

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University of Melbourne Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF), Sheila Jeffreys is being called out for her racist comments by the indigenous Australian community. Jeffreys asserted on a radio show that being trans is like blackface. A genderqueer member of the Indigenous people of Australia told the Star Observer: There is a fear that racist, misogynistic, queerphobic and transphobic people will take her message as truth and enact these prejudices against trans-identified Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. By reducing transgender identities to that of histrionic mimicry is more reflective of her prejudice than it is of my understanding and practice of gender as a genderqueer Indigenous person. I cannot change my racial configuration. I can however mold and express my gender identity as unique and valid to my culture. – Andrew Farrell. Sheila Jeffreys, a TERF who also asserts that women who get tattoos are mutilating themselves to appease the patriarchy, is

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“The shame of Sheila Jeffreys’ hate” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to feminism and gender politics, while also engaging transgender identity and history. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

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The article may have historical value because it explicitly interprets or preserves material concerning feminism and gender politics. Published in 2014 by Transadvocate.com, it can be read both for the history it describes and as evidence of how transgender identity and history was framed at that moment.

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    Feminism and gender politicsTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
    100%
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    Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    87%
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    Race and intersectionalityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
    63%
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    Healthcare and medicineTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
    47%
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    Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    31%
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    Public policy and governanceTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
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Relationship among the ranked article themes The central circle is the primary theme. Line styles are defined in the relationship key below the diagram. Feminism and gender politics to Transgender identity and history: Overlapping theme
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Feminism and gender politics to Race and intersectionality: Overlapping sibling theme
Race and intersectionality
Feminism and gender politics to Healthcare and medicine: Separate but related
Healthcare and medicine
Feminism and gender politics to Culture, identity, and representation: Separate but related
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Feminism and gender politics to Public policy and governance: Separate but related
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7 source-held references record early links or citations; the documented sources span 5 distinct domains. The dated evidence currently spans 2014–2015. These observations describe circulation and reuse; they do not assign cultural worth or evaluate the communities, arguments, or people discussed.

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TERF: what it means and where it came from | The TransAdvocate

TERF: what it means and where it came from | The TransAdvocate · transadvocate.com · January 18, 2015

Within feminist and trans discourse, the term refers to a very specific type of person who wraps anti-trans bigotry in the language of feminism. A hallmark of TERF discourse is that it tends to sound a lot like the anti-trans rhetoric coming out of extreme…

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#TERFweek starts now! | The TransAdvocate

#TERFweek starts now! | The TransAdvocate · transadvocate.com · August 10, 2014

With the uptake of TERF rhetoric within the mainstream media and academia alike due to the publication of Sheila Jeffrey’s new anti-trans book, Gender Hurts, we felt that it was time for the voices of those who are often targets of TERF malice to speak…

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TERFs offer only hyperbole | The TransAdvocate

TERFs offer only hyperbole | The TransAdvocate · transadvocate.com · March 13, 2014

When was the last time anyone heard any of these radical “gender critical” TERFs speak about their own gender uniform? Noticing this glaring double standard, I dared to be critical of this TERF gender hypocrisy. I dared notice that that the below TERF opinion leaders…

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O que é a transgeneridade em seu vetor material? | Transfeminismo

O que é a transgeneridade em seu vetor material? | Transfeminismo · transfeminismo.com · August 22, 2014

[…] discurso do feminismo radical e da psiquiatria em relação à transgeneridade: eis o ponto no qual Sheila Jeffreys junta esforços com Ray Blanchard no discurso furado sobre a “autoginecofilia”. Julia […]

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New Yorker Shamefully Cites Anti-LGBT ‘Researcher’ Posted on July 29, 2014 by //<![CDATA[ reddit_url="http://www.brynntannehill.com/new-yorker-shamefully-cites-anti-lgbt-researcher/"; //]]> All but lost in Michelle Goldberg’s recent love song…

brynntannehill.com · July 29, 2014

New Yorker Shamefully Cites Anti-LGBT ‘Researcher’ Posted on July 29, 2014 by //<![CDATA[ reddit_url="http://www.brynntannehill.com/new-yorker-shamefully-cites-anti-lgbt-researcher/"; //]]> All but lost in Michelle Goldberg’s recent love song to anti-transgender internet trolls in New Yorker magazine was a less-than-skeptical reference to Dr. Ray Blanchard. While best known for promoting…

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The shame of Sheila Jeffreys’ hate | Tracey Yeadon-Lee

The shame of Sheila Jeffreys’ hate | Tracey Yeadon-Lee · theterriergirl.com · March 7, 2014

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The shame of Sheila Jeffreys’ hate | Women Born Transsexual

The shame of Sheila Jeffreys’ hate | Women Born Transsexual · womenborntranssexual.com · March 6, 2014

[…] From Trans Advocate:  http://www.transadvocate.com/the-shame-of-sheila-jeffreys-hate_n_12766.htm […]

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