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You might be a TERF if…

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I’ve noticed that there seems to be some confusion about what a Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF) is so, here’s a quick guide to help […]

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  1. Transadvocate.com178
  2. The TERFs97
  3. Cristan’s Research3

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  2. Community and organizing132
  3. Violence, safety, and dehumanization90
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  6. Law and civil rights61
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TERF Academic Rewrites History

Cristan Williams · September 4, 2018

Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF) activist, Sheila Jeffreys has written a new academic book that claims to inform readers of the various ways TERF culture, “has all been disappeared from history.” Chief among those Jeffreys’ claims to have the power to disappear TERFs from history is an “influential men’s cross-dressing rights…

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Are Misogynist, Homophobe, & TERF slurs?

Cristan Williams · November 4, 2017

I received notice that an opinion leader in the sex essentialist activist community had linked to one of my articles titled, You Might be a TERF if... The article lists explicit instances of ideological hate and real-life violence (up to and including attempted murder) carried out in the name of…

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TERF: what it means and where it came from

Cristan Williams · March 15, 2014

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 right-wing groups.

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Guest

57 publications · 12 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 8 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Autumn Sandeen

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Connected through 8 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Mari

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Connected through 4 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Marian

7 publications · 9 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 4 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Marti Abernathey

369 publications · 14 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 2 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Rani Baker

5 publications · 3 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 2 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Media, rhetoric, and discourse.

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You might be a TERF if…

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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 […]

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Intro to the ‘Sexing the Body is Gender’ Series

Approaches the shared subject through a related analytical or disciplinary frame.

About a decade ago, the feminist community came up with the term Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF) as a way to halt the default colonization of […]

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