#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 trans community and/or…
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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 it or are…
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 about the thoughts…
#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 Vistima was a 22-year-old…
#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 article reported on…
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 about two years.…
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 Radical Feminism and…
#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 Radical Feminist movement.…
National justice orgs say: End trans exclusion policy at Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival
The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) has joined the Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the Nation Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and several…
