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Category: trans-exclusionary radical feminists (TERF)

  • Gender Jargon

    Under construction… your suggestions welcome! Term Definition / Improvement TERF trans-excluding radical feminist transition-affirming gender-affirming or gender-confirming See also: Right-Wing Transphobic Dog Whistle Jargon

  • Global Resistance to Anti-gender Opposition

    Rating: Transsupportive, Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice, October 11, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary See also: Executive Summary, Overview Global Resistance to Anti-gender Opposition LGBTQI+ Activism in Colombia, India, Kenya, Peru, and Serbia September 2023 Purpose and Gratitude In May 2022, we, two researchers with long histories of activism,…

  • Protest the Transphobes– TERFs Off Our Turf

    Rating: Transsupportive, Reproductive Justice SF, September 16, 2023, 12-2pm, Hilton San Francisco (Chinatown), 750 Kearny Street, San Francisco, CA (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Protest the Transphobes–TERFs Off Our Turf! Date: Saturday, September 16, 2023Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PMEvent Type: ProtestOrganizer/Author: Reproductive Justice SFEmail: reprojusticesf [at] gmail.comLocation Details: In front of the Hilton…

  • Right-Wing Transphobic Dog Whistle Jargon

    Under construction… your suggestions welcome! Jargon Translation biological female / biological woman person assigned female at birth (often used to misidentify trans man) biological male / biological man person assigned male at birth (often used to misidentify trans woman) chemical castration puberty blockers child mutilation gender-affirming surgery for minors gender confusion used to describe people,…

  • Concertgoers Criticize Carlos Santana Over ‘BS’ Anti-Trans Rant At New Jersey Show

    Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, August 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Content Summary Concertgoers Criticize Carlos Santana Over ‘BS’ Anti-Trans Rant At New Jersey Show The “Smooth” guitarist declared that a “woman is a woman and a man is a man” in a resurfaced clip from a July concert. By Ben Blanchet…

  • Sarah Jane Baker

    Sarah Jane Baker, Trans Rights Activist was arrested (12/07/23) after Monday’s tweet from the Home Secretary. Rating: Transsupportive, Medium, July 13, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive) (Video 3 archive)

  • Media Body Shaming and Witch-hunt.

    In a new low-point for the British media last week the usual suspects caused a week-long witch hunt for someone whose only crime seems to be drawing attention to high utility bills and being trans. That is how it started but it quickly escalated because the person in question, Mika Minio-Paluello, was also the mother who had…

  • Maya Forstater: Woman who lost her job over transgender views awarded £100k compensation

    A woman who lost her job after expressing views that biological sex cannot be changed has been awarded more than £100,000 after an employment tribunal found she experienced discrimination and victimisation at work. Rating: Transneutral, Sky News, July 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)

  • What is gender dysphoria anyway? (And who decided it had to be a thing?)

    I introduced gender dysphoria in a previous article, “Body Positivity Whilst Trans”, as a fundamental feeling of discomfort with your body that can’t simply be willed away through positive thinking. I also mentioned in that article not understanding at first that I did experience this sort of discomfort, because I had a mistaken idea of what it…

  • The Normalisation of Hate Speech(Terf Reich 13)

    Lets have a closer look at a recent “Standing For Women” Gathering (14/05/23) in Birmingham. Rating: Transsupportive, Medium, May 14, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive) (Video 3 archive) (Video 4 archive) (Video 5 archive) (Video 6 archive)