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What a 90s Cartoon Can Teach Us about TERFs

By Lisa Kalayji Do you remember the 1990s MTV cartoon Daria? If you’re old enough and young enough, you probably do. For those who missed […]

Culture, identity, and representationFeminism and gender politics

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Contextualizing the Body: Part II of the ‘Sexing the Body is Gender’ Series

Part II of the ‘Sexing the Body is Gender’ Series: Contextualizing the Body If one is talking about something that has chemistry and mass, one is not talking […]

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#TERFweek: Remember Filisa Vistima

Before you read further, I need to state a strong Trigger Warning: The following post recounts the circumstances surrounding the suicide of a trans women. Filisa […]

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#TERFweek: Let’s not repeat our history

The following article was published in 1974. Note the way the overall public held anti-trans views in contempt. Note the dismissive way the author of this […]

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Quit attacking your allies!

I have seen various version of this phrase. “Quit attacking your allies!” – many, many times. I’ve only been involved heavily in trans activism for […]

Community and organizingFamily and relationships

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Intro to the ‘Sexing the Body is Gender’ Series

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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#TERFweek starts now!

What it is #TERFweek is a week of education, raising awareness and openly talking about the abuse our communities have endured at the hands of the Trans Exclusionary […]

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Debunking TERF Essentialism: Part III of the ‘Sexing the Body is Gender’ Series

Part III of the ‘Sexing the Body is Gender’ Series: Debunking TERF Essentialism In Part II, what gender is and is not was discussed and the […]

Feminism and gender politicsSex and gender classification

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Mom confronts TERF bigotry aimed at her family

By Debi Jackson Although I have been part of the LGBT community for the last three years since my daughter transitioned from male to female, […]

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#TERFweek: Debunking TERF Tropes

TERFs tend to behave much like a fundamentalist echo chamber so that once a new malicious anti-trans trope is created, it is quickly disseminated and replicated until the […]

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