Trans inclusive feminism only this #PrideMonth ❤️It’s officially PRIDE month ️! Which means,
Trans inclusive feminism only this #PrideMonth ❤️It’s officially PRIDE month ️! Which means, it’s a great time to talk TERFs - trans-exclusionary radical feminists - who are really anything but feminist! TERFs oppose the rights, equality and safety of trans people, especially trans women. ✨TERF ideology at its core is simple and bigoted. TERFs believe that trans women are not women, and that including (or even recognizing their existence), is a “danger to women.” Despite claiming to be feminist and left-leaning, TERF ideology often aligns with conservatism. TERFs deliberately seek to dehumanize trans women and have worked to deny trans women the right basic healthcare (check out the scary ‘religious exemption’ rules!), and work to exclude trans women from anywhere that may be considered a 'woman’s space.’ If you’re thinking - oh, this is just a small group - that’s not the case. In the United Kingdom, TERFs have effectively succeeded in re-framing the question of trans rights entirely around their own concerns about “female erasure.” ✨In the United States, TERFs are working with conservatives to advance an anti-trans agenda. In April 2019, a House Commitee held a hearing on the Equality Act, which would add sexual orientation & gender identity as protected classes under federal civil rights law. One of the people invited to speak by Republicans was Julia Beck, from a TERF group, WoLF. At the hearing, she said “If the [Equality] act passes in its current form as HR5, then every right that women have fought for will cease to exist,”This incident in April wasn’t the first time TERFs were on Capitol Hill either. In March 2019, TERFs spoke out against the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), citing, "VAWA was created for women and girls. Not for those who feel like or identify as female"✨✨All of which is a long winded way of saying - TERFs DO NOT BELONG AT PRIDE ️Art by Liberal Jane -- source link
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