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TIRF (plural TIRFs)
- Acronym of trans-inclusive radical feminist.
- Antonym: TERF
- Hypernym: transfeminist
2013 August 21, Claire's Outrageous Thoughts (@claireOT), Twitter[1]:I would love to know more TIRFs, but the ones I follow have almost all ended up being TERfs undercover!
2016 February 23, Eve Keneinan (@EveKeneinan), Twitter[2]:The term TERF exists to distinguish RFs who are TE from those who aren't TE. There are certainly TIRFs as well as TERFs.
2019 January 7, Dr Ashley Nova (@DrAshleyNova), Twitter[3]:We hear so much about TERFs but never anything about TIRFs.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:TIRF.