The TERFs Are Becoming Restless.
Hate is a weird thing. There are clear stages it goes through during its lifetime, from ridicule and baseless claims to anger and violence. Many people have reasons to hate, a reaction to a personal experience or wanting to feel part of a group, even to hide an even bigger hate. TERFs have been spewing hate towards trans* people for decades. They seem to think transwomen erase cis women and that we are all rapists. So that’s the baseless claims, in the same vain as the homophobic “Gay marriage erases traditional marriage” claim might I add. The thing is, their material is getting old and tiresome. So of course they step up their game when it comes to the abuse and claims they dole out. They is illustrated perfectly by a couple of recent entries on the GenderTrender blog. The first was about Pte Manning, and as you expect, the
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“The TERFs Are Becoming Restless.” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to violence, safety, and dehumanization, while also engaging family and relationships. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.
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As a publication record from 2013 at The TERFs, “The TERFs Are Becoming Restless.” provides dated evidence of how violence, safety, and dehumanization was being argued in relation to family and relationships. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.
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- 1Violence, safety, and dehumanizationTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict100%
- 2Family and relationshipsTheme family: Identity, culture, and community70%
- 3Feminism and gender politicsTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict26%
- 4Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community17%
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Policy framing
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Marian
Shares registered themes including Feminism and gender politics, Community and organizing, Violence, safety, and dehumanization.
Autumn Sandeen
Shares registered themes including Feminism and gender politics, Community and organizing, Violence, safety, and dehumanization.
TransAdvocate Staff
Shares registered themes including Feminism and gender politics, Community and organizing, Violence, safety, and dehumanization.
Cristan
Shares registered themes including Feminism and gender politics, Community and organizing, Violence, safety, and dehumanization.
Marti Abernathey
Shares registered themes including Feminism and gender politics, Community and organizing, Violence, safety, and dehumanization.
Kat
Shares registered themes including Feminism and gender politics, Community and organizing, Violence, safety, and dehumanization.
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