TERFism
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]TERFism (uncountable)
- (usually derogatory) The beliefs on trans people held by TERFs (trans-exclusionary radical feminists).
- 2018, Aniruddha Dutta, “Allegories of Gender: Transgender Autology versus Transracialism”, in Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture & Social Justice, volume 39, number 2, page 90:
- Contemporary TERFism, or trans exclusive radical feminism, extends such arguments to deny the validity of transgender identities.
- 2019, Rachel Anne Williams, Transgressive: A Trans Woman on Gender, Feminism, and Politics, page 239:
- The validation always comes after the lifelong internalization of transphobic messages we see constantly promulgated in the mainstream media, the numbing regularity of TERFism being splashed across op-ed pages and uttered by prominent feminists, […]
- 2019, Robby Soave, Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump, unnumbered page:
- TERFism is clearly unpopular with Zillennials.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:TERFism.
Usage notes
[edit]This term is used mainly in critical discourse by trans-inclusive feminists and other opponents of trans-exclusionary/gender-critical views, although some use it for self-description.