“Lesbian Erasure” as Code Talk for Trans Bashing
On WMST-L (a large Women’s Studies Listserv with over 5,000 members from around the Globe) there has been a thread with quite a few responses about the so-called issue of “lesbian erasure.” Apparently, some radical lesbian feminists feel that their work and legacy has been erased and nobody wants to talk about their 1970s and 1980s tomes any more. What this is REALLY about, of course, is hatred: hatred for trans women, hatred for sex workers, hatred for third wave feminists, and hatred for sex-positive and sex-radical feminists. We have, it seems, stolen their thunder, and they are very, very bitter about it. One of the transphobic and whorephobic ideologues to weigh in is Sheila “Joy” Jeffries. I always laugh when I hear/read the “joy” part, because there is absolutely nothing joyful about Sheila “Joy” Jeffreys: “There are no women’s spaces for younger lesbians now. One result of the loss
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““Lesbian Erasure” as Code Talk for Trans Bashing” 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 2012 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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““Lesbian Erasure” as Code Talk for Trans Bashing” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with feminism and gender politics. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for transgender identity and history.
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- 1Feminism and gender politicsTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict100%
- 2Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community56%
- 3Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community32%
- 4Race and intersectionalityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict27%
- 5Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication18%
- 6History, archives, and memoryTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication18%
Academic framing
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How “Feminism and gender politics” appears across the Collective corpus
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- Transgender identity and history186
- Community and organizing161
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization112
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse76
- Law and civil rights69
- Culture, identity, and representation68
- Education and youth52
- Healthcare and medicine48
- History, archives, and memory42
- Science, evidence, and expertise33
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Cooke
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Autumn Sandeen
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TransAdvocate Staff
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Cristan
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