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TERF (acronym)

TERF (/tɜːrf/) is an acronym for trans-exclusionary radical feminist. First recorded in 2008, the term TERF was originally used to distinguish transgender-inclusive feminists from a group of radical feminists who reject the position that trans women are women, reject the inclusion of trans women in women's spaces, and oppose transgender rights…

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TERF (acronym)

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Heath Rakes suggest that despite the moniker of feminism in the nameinstance ofSemanticsSome authors0.80text
the viewpoints expressed by those described as TERFs cannot be considered feminisminstance ofSemanticsSome authors0.80text
or that the viewpoints actively constitute anti-feminisminstance ofSemanticsSome authors0.80text
Emi Koyama argue that the logic of trans exclusion is fundamentallyinstance ofOther theorists0.80text
Sophie Lewisinstance ofother academics0.80text
Greta LaFleur argue that trans-exclusionary radical feminism should not be understood as anti-feminisminstance ofother academics0.80text
but as a form of postfascist feminisminstance ofother academics0.80text
drawing analogies to other reactionary feminisms in historyinstance ofother academics0.80text

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