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Right-Wing Transphobic Dog Whistle Jargon

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JargonTranslation
biological female / biological womanperson assigned female at birth (often used to misidentify trans man)
biological male / biological manperson assigned male at birth (often used to misidentify trans woman)
chemical castrationpuberty blockers
child mutilationgender-affirming surgery for minors
gender confusionused to describe people, usually children, who are questioning their gender identity or affirming a transgender identity
gender-critical movementanyone who believes that gender identity is as simple as man and woman
gender-distressedused to describe people, usually children, who are questioning their gender identity or affirming a transgender identity
gender ideology movementanyone who believes that gender identity is not as simple as man and woman
genital mutilationgender-affirming surgery
groomerone who allegedly sexualizes people, particularly children, by any exposure to or awareness of transgender people
groomingproviding any exposure to or awareness of transgender people which supposedly leads to sexualization or “recruitment”, especially of children
man = adult human maledictionary definition of a man meant to exclude trans men
snowflakea person who is easily offended, overly sensitive, or emotionally fragile
state-mandated sterilizationmisconception that administering puberty blockers causes infertility
TERFtrans-excluding radical feminist
transition-affirminggender-affirming or gender-confirming
virtue signalingdemonstrating one’s good character or social conscience or the moral correctness of one’s position on a particular issue
wokemisconstrual of term that originated in awareness of means and methods of oppression into a distorted meaning of oppression by sharing that awareness
woman = adult human femaledictionary definition of a woman meant to exclude trans women

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